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The I'm Coming Out of My Cage

“And I've been doing just fine”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Good
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Artificial Solar System

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My Cage

Population10.914 billion

Currencykiss
Animalkiller

The I'm Coming Out of My Cage is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, ubiquitous missile silos, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 10.914 billion My Cageans 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.6%.

The My Cagean economy, worth 599 trillion kisses 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. 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 54,906 kisses, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races, kids are exceptionally good at digging holes, prudishness is on the way out, and immigrant herding has become a national pastime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. My Cage's national animal is the killer.

My Cage is ranked 87,990th in the world and 700th in Artificial Solar System for Most Stationary, with 520.36065308008 days.

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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 6,649thTop
10%
Most Authoritarian: 14,883rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 25,765th
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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 55th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 132nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 247th in the regionTop
10%
Most Cultured: 276th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 308th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 335th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 361st in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 375th in the regionLargest Populations: 418th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 420th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 436th in the regionLargest Black Market: 495th in the regionMost Extreme: 504th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : My Cage was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : My Cage was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : My Cage was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : My Cage was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : My Cage was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : My Cage was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.
  • : My Cage's influence in Artificial Solar System rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
  • : My Cage's influence in Artificial Solar System fell from "Shoeshiner" to "Sprat".
  • : My Cage's influence in Artificial Solar System rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
  • : My Cage was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.

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