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The Puppet Nation of Landoffunpuppet16

“Puppets are Right!”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Unheard Of
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Squire

Location: The Funian Puppet Region

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Landoffunpuppet16

Population3.946 billion

CapitalThe Town of Puppets
LeaderThe Leader of These Puppets
Faith6 religion

CurrencyPuppet Krona
AnimalPuppet Leopard

The Puppet Nation of Landoffunpuppet16 is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by The Leader of These Puppets with an iron fist, and remarkable for its lack of airports, ritual sacrifices, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.946 billion Landoffunpuppet16ians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Town of Puppets. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Landoffunpuppet16ian economy, worth 572 trillion Puppet Kronor 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. 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 an impressive 145,090 Puppet Kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties, state media features lively debates such as whether pineapple on pizza is an acceptable topping, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, and little children cry as their rainbow drawings are seized by the Straight-Thought Police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Landoffunpuppet16's national animal is the Puppet Leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is 6 religion.

Landoffunpuppet16 is ranked 277,784th in the world and 552nd in The Funian Puppet Region for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.16 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

Top
5%
Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 4,452ndMost Armed: 7,131stLargest Mining Sector: 8,543rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 10,530thMost Devout: 11,344thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 11,930thLargest Black Market: 12,249thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 12,573rdLargest Soda Pop Sector: 14,298thTop
10%
Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 14,835thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 15,808thHighest Poor Incomes: 16,231stMost Corrupt Governments: 16,719thMost Advanced Public Transport: 17,607thMost Authoritarian: 19,098thLargest Welfare Programs: 19,786thMost Conservative: 20,296thHighest Average Tax Rates: 20,858thMost Subsidized Industry: 20,952ndMost Patriotic: 21,097thLargest Retail Industry: 22,688thHighest Average Incomes: 24,412thMost Valuable International Artwork: 24,775thMost Ignorant Citizens: 24,884thMost Developed: 25,555thLargest Governments: 25,632ndMost Cultured: 27,126thLongest Average Lifespans: 28,046th
Top
1%
Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5th in the regionLargest Governments: 6th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 6th in the regionTop
5%
Highest Poor Incomes: 7th in the regionMost Cultured: 7th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 8th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 10th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 10th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 11th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 11th in the regionMost Armed: 12th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 13th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 13th in the regionMost Devout: 14th in the regionLargest Black Market: 16th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 16th in the regionFattest Citizens: 16th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 16th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 16th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 20th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 27th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 28th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 29th in the regionTop
10%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 31st in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 33rd in the regionMost Influential: 34th in the regionMost Stationary: 36th in the regionLargest Populations: 36th in the regionMost Developed: 38th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 39th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 39th in the regionMost Conservative: 50th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 53rd in the regionMost Authoritarian: 53rd in the regionMost Extreme: 54th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 55th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Landoffunpuppet16 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet16, little children cry as their rainbow drawings are seized by the Straight-Thought Police.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet16, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet16, state media features lively debates such as whether pineapple on pizza is an acceptable topping.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet16, ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties.
  • : Landoffunpuppet16 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market and the Top 10% for Highest Average Incomes, Most Patriotic, and Most Developed.
  • : Landoffunpuppet16 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : Landoffunpuppet16 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet16, when their backs are against the walls Landoffunpuppet16ians look out for gay men.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet16, the digital money revolution has cashed out.

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