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The Protectorate of Galloping Gorge

“We Will Endure”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: Sunset Shimmer

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Galloping Gorge

Population8.446 billion

CapitalThat Rock on the Left
LeaderThat Rock on the Right
FaithChurch of the Open Door

CurrencyHorseshoe
AnimalHawk

The Protectorate of Galloping Gorge is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by That Rock on the Right with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, free-roaming dinosaurs, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 8.446 billion Galloping Gorgeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of That Rock on the Left. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Galloping Gorgean economy, worth 881 trillion Horseshoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 104,312 Horseshoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, and student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Hawkball fields. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Galloping Gorge's national animal is the Hawk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church of the Open Door.

Galloping Gorge is ranked 6,045th in the world and 2nd in Sunset Shimmer for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 11,017.02 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 6,045thSafest: 9,999thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 14,095thTop
10%
Most Pacifist: 20,220thMost Authoritarian: 21,307thLongest Average Lifespans: 21,691stHealthiest Citizens: 23,849thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 24,383rdMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 27,439thMost Devout: 28,555thBest Weather: 28,788thLowest Crime Rates: 29,770thMost Developed: 30,670th
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Safest: 1st in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 2nd in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 5th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 5th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 6th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 7th in the regionTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 9th in the regionLargest Populations: 10th in the regionMost Pacifist: 11th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 19th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 32nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 37th in the regionTop
10%
Highest Average Tax Rates: 49th in the regionLargest Governments: 50th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 57th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 59th in the regionMost Developed: 62nd in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 63rd in the regionMost Extreme: 64th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 65th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 66th in the regionBest Weather: 74th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Galloping Gorge was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Following new legislation in Galloping Gorge, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Hawkball fields.
  • : Following new legislation in Galloping Gorge, the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons.
  • : Following new legislation in Galloping Gorge, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone.
  • : Following new legislation in Galloping Gorge, aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted.
  • : Following new legislation in Galloping Gorge, politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads.
  • : Galloping Gorge was reclassified from "Authoritarian Democracy" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
  • : Following new legislation in Galloping Gorge, bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins.
  • : Following new legislation in Galloping Gorge, faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers.
  • : Following new legislation in Galloping Gorge, stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor.

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