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The Queendom of Fertile Myrtle

“I just drank my weight in Sunny D.”

Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Average
Economy:
Good
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Truckler

Location: United States

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Fertile Myrtle

Population35.651 billion

Currencyplus sign
Animaltic tac

The Queendom of Fertile Myrtle is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 35.651 billion Fertile Myrtleans 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 large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Fertile Myrtlean economy, worth a remarkable 1,537 trillion plus signs 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Basket Weaving. 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 43,124 plus signs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, and gambling is outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fertile Myrtle's national animal is the tic tac, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Fertile Myrtle is ranked 79,334th in the world and 26th in United States for Safest, scoring 90.8 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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Most Stationary: 433rdLargest Populations: 2,482ndTop
5%
Most Influential: 6,453rdTop
10%
Most Income Equality: 17,597thHighest Economic Output: 17,663rdMost World Assembly Endorsements: 20,443rdHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 24,106thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 24,795th
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Largest Cheese Export Sector: 6th in the regionMost Income Equality: 6th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Fertile Myrtle was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Stationary, the Top 5% for Most Influential and Most Valuable International Artwork, and the Top 10% for Most World Assembly Endorsements and Highest Economic Output.
  • : Fertile Myrtle was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombies and the Top 5% for Most Survivors.
  • : Fertile Myrtle was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Fertile Myrtle was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Fertile Myrtle was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Fertile Myrtle was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombies and the Top 5% for Most Survivors.
  • : Fertile Myrtle was ravaged by a Zombie Burster Horde from The Dark Disparaging States of American Collectivism, infecting 549 million survivors.
  • : Fertile Myrtle was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Fertile Myrtle was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.
  • : Fertile Myrtle was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.

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