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The Most Serene Republic of Ghost 5

“Ghost”

Category: Left-wing Utopia
Civil Rights:
Frightening
Economy:
Struggling
Political Freedoms:
World Benchmark

Regional Influence: Dominator

Location: Ninja

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Ghost 5

Population786 million

CurrencyGhost
AnimalGhost

The Most Serene Republic of Ghost 5 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 786 million Ghost 5ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 54.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ghost 5ian economy, worth 12.9 trillion Ghosts 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 black market in Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. 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 16,424 Ghosts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surveillance cameras are banned, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, and military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghost 5's national animal is the Ghost, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ghost 5 is ranked 48,494th in the world and 1st in Ninja for Most Secular, with 27.32 Atheism Rate.

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Most Income Equality: 11,049thLeast Corrupt Governments: 12,918thTop
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Most Extensive Civil Rights: 26,924thHighest Drug Use: 27,800thMost Extreme: 31,284th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ghost 5 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : Ghost 5's influence in Ninja fell from "Hegemony" to "Dominator".
  • : Ghost 5's influence in Ninja fell from "Hermit" to "Hegemony".
  • : Ghost 5's influence in Ninja rose from "Dominator" to "Hermit".
  • : Ghost 5 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Following new legislation in Ghost 5, military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies.
  • : Following new legislation in Ghost 5, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests.
  • : Following new legislation in Ghost 5, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes.
  • : Following new legislation in Ghost 5, surveillance cameras are banned.
  • : Following new legislation in Ghost 5, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom.

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