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The Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz of Petit Mustique

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Category: Moralistic Democracy
Civil Rights:
Unheard Of
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Some

Regional Influence: Newcomer

Location: Lazarus

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Petit Mustique

Population30.488 billion

CapitalThe Swarm
LeaderThe Wind

CurrencyBlood
AnimalHuman

The Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz of Petit Mustique is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Wind with an even hand, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 30.488 billion Petit Mustiqueans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Swarm. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Petit Mustiquean economy, worth a remarkable 6,859 trillion Bloods a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 224,982 Bloods, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

Knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags, binoculars sales are at an all-time high, scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, and the roundel of the Petit Mustiquean Air Force has become an internationally recognized symbol of destruction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Petit Mustique's national animal is the Human, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Petit Mustique is ranked 57,215th in the world and 3,499th in Lazarus for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,839.12 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

Top
1%
Largest Insurance Industry: 475thLargest Black Market: 1,462ndLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1,872ndHighest Economic Output: 1,913thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,939thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 2,002ndLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,156thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 2,238thTop
5%
Highest Disposable Incomes: 2,934thMost Avoided: 3,203rdMost Subsidized Industry: 3,947thLargest Populations: 4,112thMost Efficient Economies: 4,890thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 5,406thLargest Mining Sector: 6,459thNudest: 7,338thHighest Average Incomes: 7,437thMost Corrupt Governments: 7,809thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 7,957thLargest Retail Industry: 10,573rdLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 11,492ndLargest Information Technology Sector: 11,865thMost Conservative: 12,115thMost Valuable International Artwork: 13,782ndTop
10%
Largest Agricultural Sector: 16,762ndMost Devout: 18,299thMost Patriotic: 19,205thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 19,703rdMost Scientifically Advanced: 21,290thHighest Poor Incomes: 25,222ndMost World Assembly Endorsements: 25,876thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 29,155th
Top
1%
Largest Insurance Industry: 27th in the regionLargest Black Market: 82nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 86th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 113th in the regionTop
5%
Largest Basket Weaving Sector: 119th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 123rd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 155th in the regionLargest Populations: 156th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 166th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 173rd in the regionMost Avoided: 196th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 199th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 216th in the regionNudest: 330th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 399th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 440th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 470th in the regionMost Conservative: 496th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 502nd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 518th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 550th in the regionTop
10%
Most Corrupt Governments: 640th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 714th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 758th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 853rd in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 995th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1,033rd in the regionMost Devout: 1,094th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Petit Mustique was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
  • : Petit Mustique was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes, Highest Economic Output, and Largest Black Market and the Top 5% for Most Avoided and Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Petit Mustique's influence in Lazarus rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : Petit Mustique's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Petit Mustique's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Petit Mustique was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : Petit Mustique ceased to exist in Balder.
  • : Petit Mustique was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
  • : Petit Mustique's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Petit Mustique was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.

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