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The Mansion of Motivated Mallard

“Birds of a Feather” Arthur Mullard

Category: Iron Fist Consumerists
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Nipper

Location: Balder

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Motivated Mallard

Population17.743 billion

CapitalMullard
LeaderArthur Mullard
FaithBirding

CurrencyQuack
AnimalPintail

The Mansion of Motivated Mallard is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Arthur Mullard with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ritual sacrifices, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.743 billion Motivated Mallardians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mullard. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Motivated Mallardian economy, worth a remarkable 3,868 trillion Quacks 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip 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 an amazing 218,004 Quacks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read, building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure, Mullard University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, and soldiers are authorised to use lethal force to maintain calm in the crash zone. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Motivated Mallard's national animal is the Pintail and its national religion is Birding.

Motivated Mallard is ranked 234,485th in the world and 8,926th in Balder for Most Secular, with 14.27 Atheism Rate.

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Largest Black Market: 1,479thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,651stLargest Mining Sector: 1,813thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,969thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 2,309thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,662ndHighest Economic Output: 5,393rdMost Corrupt Governments: 5,397thMost Avoided: 6,252ndHighest Poor Incomes: 6,319thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 6,819thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 8,042ndHighest Average Incomes: 8,442ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 11,373rdMost Patriotic: 11,857thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 12,547thMost Subsidized Industry: 13,087thLargest Agricultural Sector: 13,691stTop
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Highest Disposable Incomes: 15,844thMost Efficient Economies: 18,916thLargest Information Technology Sector: 19,713thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 19,919thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 21,716thLargest Populations: 22,478thMost Developed: 23,003rdLongest Average Lifespans: 23,688thMost Scientifically Advanced: 28,507thLargest Governments: 28,575th
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Largest Black Market: 59th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 71st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 80th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 83rd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 90th in the regionTop
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Highest Economic Output: 254th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 287th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 307th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 314th in the regionMost Avoided: 388th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 445th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 459th in the regionLargest Populations: 604th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 624th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 642nd in the regionTop
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Largest Agricultural Sector: 733rd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 746th in the regionMost Patriotic: 973rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 996th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,001st in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 1,004th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,174th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 1,215th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1,224th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Motivated Mallard, soldiers are authorised to use lethal force to maintain calm in the crash zone.
  • : Motivated Mallard was reclassified from "Moralistic Democracy" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
  • : Following new legislation in Motivated Mallard, Mullard University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel.
  • : Following new legislation in Motivated Mallard, building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure.
  • : Following new legislation in Motivated Mallard, government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read.
  • : Following new legislation in Motivated Mallard, sociologists ponder how baby-napped ethnic minority 'runaways' could have gone so bad so soon.
  • : Motivated Mallard created a custom banner.
  • : Motivated Mallard created a custom banner.
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