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The Undiscovered tribe of Joyfullness

“to the moon” the nature god

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

Regional Influence: Contender

Location: The waters

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Joyfullness

Population1.283 billion

CapitalThe Treetop Village
Leaderthe nature god

Currencyleaf
AnimalCow

The Undiscovered tribe of Joyfullness is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by the nature god with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, complete lack of prisons, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.283 billion Joyfullnessians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, although Defense, Administration, and Spirituality are also considered important, while Healthcare and Public Transport aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Treetop Village. The average income tax rate is 53.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Joyfullnessian economy, worth 58.1 trillion leaves 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, highly specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. 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 45,291 leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, the School of Hard Knocks is receiving record application numbers., children playing with walkie-talkies are told to 'get a job', and business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Joyfullness's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Joyfullness is ranked 308,404th in the world and 45th in The waters for Most Developed, scoring 33.26 on the Human Development Index.

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Most Primitive: 327thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1,856thMost Ignorant Citizens: 1,983rdTop
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 3,180thMost Devout: 6,237thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 8,028thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 8,307thNudest: 11,817thTop
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Most Beautiful Environments: 15,634thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 15,682ndMost Corrupt Governments: 17,033rdMost Authoritarian: 17,514thMost Income Equality: 17,638thMost Armed: 20,495thMost Cultured: 22,829th
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionMost Primitive: 1st in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 2nd in the regionMost Devout: 2nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2nd in the regionTop
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Most Patriotic: 3rd in the regionMost Stationary: 3rd in the regionLargest Populations: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 3rd in the regionMost Cultured: 3rd in the regionBest Weather: 3rd in the regionMost Armed: 4th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 4th in the regionMost Influential: 4th in the regionLargest Black Market: 4th in the regionNudest: 4th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 4th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, children playing with walkie-talkies are told to 'get a job'.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, the School of Hard Knocks is receiving record application numbers.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms.
  • : Joyfullness lodged a message on the The waters Regional Message Board.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, the line of people waiting for a visa interview in front of foreign embassies is typically a mile long.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, spies caught red-handed are served cocktails on their first-class flights home.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, relations with Merovingia are as cold as Joyfullness's skill with the blade.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, job descriptions are required to list the length of their siesta breaks.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights.

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