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The 90-degree angle of Perpendicular Bisector

“A line that bisects another line at a 90 degree angle.”

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

Regional Influence: Powerbroker

Location: Penguin Land

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Perpendicular Bisector

Population3.463 billion

CapitalPoint S
LeaderLine Segment PQ
FaithMeasuring

CurrencyProtractors
AnimalGeometry teacher

The 90-degree angle of Perpendicular Bisector is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Line Segment PQ with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, barren, inhospitable landscape, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.463 billion Perpendicular Bisectorians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Point S. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Perpendicular Bisectorian economy, worth 603 trillion Protractors a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 174,169 Protractors, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 950,401 per year while the poor average 16,348, a ratio of 58.1 to 1.

After every storm there's an expensive government-funded rainbow, crowded passenger trains are near-silent save for the soft tap of fingers on touchscreens, compliance officers smash the kneecaps of unethical bureaucrats, and the government will gladly pay you next Tuesday for a hamburger today. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Perpendicular Bisector's national animal is the Geometry teacher, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Measuring.

Perpendicular Bisector is ranked 243,742nd in the world and 8th in Penguin Land for Highest Poor Incomes, with 16,348.23 Standard Monetary Units.

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1%
Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 2,246thMost Secular: 2,786thTop
5%
Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 3,158thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 3,198thMost Conservative: 4,282ndLargest Insurance Industry: 4,914thLargest Mining Sector: 5,588thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 5,662ndMost Influential: 7,246thMost Valuable International Artwork: 7,873rdMost World Assembly Endorsements: 9,009thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 9,511thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 9,615thMost Patriotic: 10,172ndMost Authoritarian: 10,380thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 11,930thMost Corrupt Governments: 11,940thLowest Crime Rates: 12,005thMost Developed: 13,411thLargest Governments: 13,902ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 14,814thTop
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Most Advanced Public Education: 15,977thHighest Average Tax Rates: 15,991stMost Subsidized Industry: 16,523rdHighest Average Incomes: 16,738thMost Efficient Economies: 20,526thSmartest Citizens: 24,129thLargest Black Market: 25,397thMost Scientifically Advanced: 25,700thLargest Retail Industry: 27,452nd
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Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the region
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