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The Pipe Smokers of Granger

“It is So Easy To Be Smart but a Struggle to be Wise” The Old Codger

Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
Civil Rights:
Good
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Apprentice

Location: Chicago

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Granger

Population22.729 billion

CapitalGranger City
LeaderThe Old Codger
Faitha major religion

CurrencyPipe Tobacco
AnimalPointer

The Pipe Smokers of Granger is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by The Old Codger with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 22.729 billion Nicotine Addicts are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Granger City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Grangerian economy, worth a remarkable 5,331 trillion Pipe Tobaccos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 234,588 Pipe Tobaccos, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,016,889 per year while the poor average 34,364, a ratio of 29.6 to 1.

Dinosaur breeders have a yabba-dabba-doo gay old time in Granger, the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, savvy students quote paywalled research knowing that university lecturers can't afford to check the citations, and popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Granger's national animal is the Pointer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is a major religion.

Granger is ranked 178,648th in the world and 10th in Chicago for Most Stationary, with 80.00677518452 days.

Top
1%
Fattest Citizens: 705thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 781stLargest Retail Industry: 1,354thMost Avoided: 1,510thLargest Mining Sector: 1,831stLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 2,097thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,101stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2,409thHighest Disposable Incomes: 2,667thLargest Black Market: 2,677thHighest Economic Output: 2,978thTop
5%
Rudest Citizens: 3,310thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 3,367thMost Corrupt Governments: 3,917thMost Efficient Economies: 4,176thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 4,371stLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 4,951stLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5,946thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 6,089thHighest Average Incomes: 6,489thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 7,260thMost Subsidized Industry: 7,469thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 8,092ndLargest Gambling Industry: 9,349thMost Armed: 9,498thLargest Populations: 11,839thMost Devout: 13,933rdTop
10%
Most Scientifically Advanced: 15,363rdMost Patriotic: 16,627thLargest Governments: 18,277thMost Cultured: 19,547thLargest Information Technology Sector: 22,042nd
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10%
Rudest Citizens: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionFattest Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 1st in the regionLargest Governments: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Granger was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Following new legislation in Granger, popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook.
  • : Following new legislation in Granger, savvy students quote paywalled research knowing that university lecturers can't afford to check the citations.
  • : Following new legislation in Granger, the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air.
  • : Following new legislation in Granger, dinosaur breeders have a yabba-dabba-doo gay old time in Granger.
  • : Granger was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : Granger's influence in Chicago rose from "Squire" to "Apprentice".
  • : Following new legislation in Granger, the dead fish in the national rivers aren't decomposing because even bacteria can't survive the levels of toxicity.
  • : Following new legislation in Granger, all gamers have been drafted into the military despite their lack of upper body strength.
  • : Granger was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Economic Output.

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