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The Deep Sleep of New Kowloon Bay

“Time to go.”

Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Average
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Apprentice

Location: 10000 Islands

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New Kowloon Bay

Population8.46 billion

CapitalGreater Kowloon Metropolis
LeaderJasmine Shing
FaithState Atheism

CurrencyBay Dollar
AnimalDolphin of the Skies

The Deep Sleep of New Kowloon Bay is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jasmine Shing with an iron fist, and renowned for its vat-grown people, soft-spoken computers, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 8.46 billion Kowloonis are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greater Kowloon Metropolis. The average income tax rate is 99.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Kowlooni economy, worth a remarkable 4,230 trillion Bay Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 500,084 Bay Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Everyone apparently sends Jasmine Shing hair-filled lockets, offers to die heroically, and poetic desires to co-parent a child, owning a fishing rod can cause you to be subject to military questioning, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, and drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Kowloon Bay's national animal is the Dolphin of the Skies, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is State Atheism.

New Kowloon Bay is ranked 1,809th in the world and 33rd in 10000 Islands for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 22,036.19 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

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Largest Information Technology Sector: 211thMost Scientifically Advanced: 221stMost Influential: 308thLargest Agricultural Sector: 312thHighest Average Incomes: 461stHighest Poor Incomes: 475thMost Secular: 704thSmartest Citizens: 739thLowest Crime Rates: 741stMost Efficient Economies: 763rdMost Patriotic: 868thLargest Governments: 912thMost Subsidized Industry: 1,072ndMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,074thMost Corrupt Governments: 1,108thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1,120thMost Developed: 1,264thLongest Average Lifespans: 1,381stLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1,396thHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,488thMost Advanced Public Education: 1,809thMost Inclusive: 1,822ndLargest Black Market: 1,932ndMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 2,226thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 2,289thHealthiest Citizens: 2,489thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2,634thHighest Food Quality: 2,760thLargest Publishing Industry: 2,915thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 2,930thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 3,023rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 3,281stMost Advanced Public Transport: 3,347thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 4,350thHighest Economic Output: 4,424thLargest Retail Industry: 4,572ndMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 4,637thMost Beautiful Environments: 5,583rdLargest Cheese Export Sector: 6,301stRudest Citizens: 9,637thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 9,875thMost Cultured: 9,895thLargest Welfare Programs: 11,701stHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 12,281stTop
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Largest Mining Sector: 22,616thLargest Insurance Industry: 23,179thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 26,064th
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 4th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 6th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 7th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 7th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 7th in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 9th in the regionMost Patriotic: 9th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 10th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 10th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 13th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 13th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 13th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 13th in the regionMost Secular: 15th in the regionLargest Governments: 16th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 18th in the regionLargest Black Market: 18th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 19th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 23rd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 24th in the regionMost Developed: 25th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 27th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 33rd in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 34th in the regionMost Inclusive: 38th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 39th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 41st in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 43rd in the regionTop
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Largest Publishing Industry: 48th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 50th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 50th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 51st in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 51st in the regionHighest Food Quality: 52nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 64th in the regionMost Influential: 65th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 65th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 70th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 73rd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 78th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 79th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 81st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in New Kowloon Bay, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking.
  • : Following new legislation in New Kowloon Bay, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space.
  • : Following new legislation in New Kowloon Bay, owning a fishing rod can cause you to be subject to military questioning.
  • : Following new legislation in New Kowloon Bay, everyone apparently sends Jasmine Shing hair-filled lockets, offers to die heroically, and poetic desires to co-parent a child.
  • : New Kowloon Bay was endorsed by The Democratic Republic of Dreyas.
  • : New Kowloon Bay was endorsed by The Republic of Ishkabibber.
  • : Following new legislation in New Kowloon Bay, funny-looking kids are stood at the front of the classroom for everybody to point and laugh at.
  • : Following new legislation in New Kowloon Bay, visitors to Self-Sufficiency National Park who ask for trail maps are handed a pen and a blank sheet of paper.
  • : Following new legislation in New Kowloon Bay, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass".
  • : Following new legislation in New Kowloon Bay, Kowlooni scientists are mixing chewing tobacco with bacon flavouring in an attempt to craft the perfect male snack.

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