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The Grotesque Playground of Mackintosh

“Success is knowing who to blame for your failures.”

Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Regional Influence: Vassal

Location: Wysteria

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Mackintosh

Population45.672 billion

CapitalCapital Wasteland
LeaderMagnificent Bastard
FaithRoman Catholic

Currencymanagerial prerogative
Animalworker

The Grotesque Playground of Mackintosh is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Magnificent Bastard with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, free-roaming dinosaurs, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 45.672 billion Mackintoshians 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 minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Wasteland. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Mackintoshian economy, worth an astonishing 35,102 trillion managerial prerogatives a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 768,568 managerial prerogatives, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,455,566 per year while the poor average 62,963, a ratio of 70.8 to 1.

Practising saying 'how now brown cow' is an essential part of holiday planning, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, skateparks can be found in every city, and tabloids coo over Magnificent Bastard's expected child. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Mackintosh's national animal is the worker, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Mackintosh is ranked 43,985th in the world and 32nd in Wysteria for Most Stationary, with 1,004.69281532952 days.

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Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 13thHighest Disposable Incomes: 20thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 20thHighest Economic Output: 25thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 44thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 44thLargest Insurance Industry: 45thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 59thLargest Mining Sector: 60thFattest Citizens: 66thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 67thHighest Average Incomes: 70thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 74thMost Efficient Economies: 86thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 89thLargest Retail Industry: 95thLargest Gambling Industry: 98thMost Scientifically Advanced: 107thMost Avoided: 116thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 119thLargest Populations: 133rdHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 165thLargest Agricultural Sector: 166thMost Corrupt Governments: 173rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 310thMost Armed: 506thLargest Information Technology Sector: 673rdSmartest Citizens: 857thRudest Citizens: 898thLargest Publishing Industry: 944thMost Valuable International Artwork: 1,817thMost Devout: 2,374thLargest Governments: 2,508thMost Patriotic: 2,530thLowest Crime Rates: 2,712thMost Cultured: 2,762ndTop
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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 4,571stMost Influential: 5,764thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 5,775thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 7,383rdLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 9,160thLargest Black Market: 11,184thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 19,289thMost Subsidized Industry: 23,914thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 27,166th
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Largest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 3rd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 3rd in the regionTop
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Most Devout: 4th in the regionFattest Citizens: 4th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 4th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 4th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 5th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 5th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 6th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 6th in the regionMost Patriotic: 6th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 6th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 6th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 6th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 6th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 6th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, tabloids coo over Magnificent Bastard's expected child.
  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, skateparks can be found in every city.
  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky.
  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, practising saying 'how now brown cow' is an essential part of holiday planning.
  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques.
  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, double-parking is on the rise as automobile numbers increase.
  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, many aides in Magnificent Bastard's office are known to be serial jaywalkers.
  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health.
  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus.
  • : Following new legislation in Mackintosh, politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech.

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