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The Malicious Manifestation of Nehellenia

“Dream, dream don't deny it.”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Outlawed
Economy:
Basket Case
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: the Plains of Perdition

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Nehellenia

Population2.497 billion

CapitalDeadmoon Circus
LeaderQueen Nehellenia

CurrencyMirror
AnimalPegasus

The Malicious Manifestation of Nehellenia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Queen Nehellenia with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.497 billion Remless 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deadmoon Circus. The average income tax rate is 47.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Remless economy, worth 30.6 trillion Mirrors 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, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. 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 12,266 Mirrors, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Queen Nehellenia has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, the government is rumored to hire body doubles whose full-time jobs are to cry at public events, nudity is frowned upon, and the police force is rumoured to be made up of evil shadows with no souls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nehellenia's national animal is the Pegasus, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Nehellenia is ranked 95,592nd in the world and 192nd in the Plains of Perdition for Most Patriotic, with 17.06 flags saluted per person per day.

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Most Authoritarian: 875thMost Extreme: 2,485thTop
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Most Conservative: 5,477thMost Income Equality: 7,579thMost Ignorant Citizens: 10,283rdTop
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Most Primitive: 23,290th
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Most Authoritarian: 2nd in the regionMost Extreme: 3rd in the regionTop
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Most Income Equality: 22nd in the regionMost Conservative: 29th in the regionTop
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 45th in the region

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