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The Confederacy of Norholm2

“Defending Ends Now” Jedious Denobi

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Weak
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Hegemony

Location: Europea

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Norholm2

Population18.879 billion

CapitalNew Q City
LeaderJedious Denobi
FaithJediism

CurrencyCoin
AnimalDuck

The Confederacy of Norholm2 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jedious Denobi with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 18.879 billion Norholmians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Q City. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Norholmian economy, worth 563 trillion Coins 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 Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 29,873 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, government workers are more efficient and more unhappy than ever, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, and foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norholm2's national animal is the Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Jediism.

Norholm2 is ranked 150,801st in the world and 4th in Europea for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 759.41 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.

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Most Stationary: 7,211thTop
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Most Rebellious Youth: 17,050thLargest Populations: 18,315thMost Authoritarian: 18,335thMost Influential: 25,323rd

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