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The Queen's State of Piney Duck

“True Smokies”

Category: Free-Market Paradise
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Thriving
Political Freedoms:
World Benchmark

Regional Influence: Hermit

Location: Professional

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Piney Duck

Population39.573 billion

Currencybetale
Animaldeer

The Queen's State of Piney Duck is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 39.573 billion Piney Duckians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.4%.

The thriving Piney Duckian economy, worth a remarkable 1,355 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 34,245 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 149,738 per year while the poor average 4,940, a ratio of 30.3 to 1.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the government is slowly introducing social welfare programs, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and an underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Piney Duck's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Piney Duck is ranked 108,637th in the world and 1st in Professional for Most Developed, scoring 59.68 on the Human Development Index.

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Largest Populations: 2,072ndLargest Cheese Export Sector: 3,067thTop
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Least Corrupt Governments: 12,505thLargest Gambling Industry: 12,588thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 17,601stHighest Economic Output: 27,064thMost Rebellious Youth: 29,459th

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