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The Armed Republic of Karkjhaviv

“From Many, One”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Unheard Of
Economy:
Fragile
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: the West Pacific

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Karkjhaviv

Population29 million

CurrencyShole
AnimalDove

The Armed Republic of Karkjhaviv is a small, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 29 million Karkjhavivians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 47.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Karkjhavivian economy, worth 742 billion Sholes a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,615 Sholes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children are afraid to go out at night due to the ubiquity of hardened jaywalkers, playing an online nation simulation game legally obliges you to buy the creator's latest novel, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, and sports club owners are having a moneyball. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karkjhaviv's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Karkjhaviv is ranked 286,679th in the world and 2,336th in the West Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 48.47 on the Human Development Index.

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Most Authoritarian: 3,742ndMost World Assembly Endorsements: 4,969thTop
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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 17,059thMost Income Equality: 19,645thMost Conservative: 24,583rdMost Ignorant Citizens: 25,882ndMost Extreme: 28,472nd
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Most Authoritarian: 48th in the regionMost Extreme: 81st in the regionTop
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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 229th in the regionMost Conservative: 249th in the region

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