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The ㅤㅤㅤㅤ of Small Venezia

“¡Pa que vos veáis!” Loís Deleuze

Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Good
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: The North Pacific

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Small Venezia

Population2.776 billion

CapitalMaracaibo and Paraguaipoa
LeaderLoís Deleuze
FaithManichaeism

CurrencyCobre
AnimalMonkulonseerü

The ㅤㅤㅤㅤ of Small Venezia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Loís Deleuze with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, rampant corporate plagiarism, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.776 billion Maracuchos are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maracaibo and Paraguaipoa. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Marabino economy, worth 423 trillion Cobres a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Tourism, Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Arms 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. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 152,650 Cobres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenagers can't decide if they're more embarrassed by their parents or the country's leader, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, the citizenship exam requires years of study to actually pass, and every day at 4am Maracuchos wake to pray for the sun to rise. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Small Venezia's national animal is the Monkulonseerü, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Manichaeism.

Small Venezia is ranked 284,363rd in the world and 4,913th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -5.22 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.

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1%
Most Primitive: 126thHighest Drug Use: 307thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 453rdMost Devout: 488thMost Ignorant Citizens: 551stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 988thNudest: 1,076thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 1,610thLargest Welfare Programs: 2,089thTop
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Highest Crime Rates: 3,522ndBest Weather: 3,723rdMost Beautiful Environments: 4,093rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4,431stMost Cultured: 6,100thMost Rebellious Youth: 6,497thMost Subsidized Industry: 6,607thMost Valuable International Artwork: 7,368thHighest Average Tax Rates: 8,182ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 8,198thMost Advanced Public Transport: 9,043rdMost Corrupt Governments: 9,705thLargest Black Market: 10,138thHighest Food Quality: 10,222ndHighest Poor Incomes: 11,310thMost Inclusive: 13,840thMost Influential: 14,139thTop
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Largest Governments: 19,125thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 23,967thHighest Average Incomes: 24,107thMost Armed: 24,951stMost Advanced Defense Forces: 25,767thMost Efficient Economies: 30,385th
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Most Primitive: 4th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 8th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 12th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 15th in the regionNudest: 18th in the regionMost Devout: 21st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 23rd in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 59th in the regionTop
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Highest Crime Rates: 67th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 84th in the regionLargest Black Market: 136th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 141st in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 169th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 175th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 201st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 201st in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 226th in the regionBest Weather: 226th in the regionMost Cultured: 266th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 282nd in the regionMost Armed: 301st in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 316th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 407th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 410th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 425th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 446th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 551st in the regionLargest Governments: 555th in the regionMost Inclusive: 572nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Small Venezia, every day at 4am Maracuchos wake to pray for the sun to rise.
  • : Following new legislation in Small Venezia, the citizenship exam requires years of study to actually pass.
  • : Following new legislation in Small Venezia, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking.
  • : Following new legislation in Small Venezia, teenagers can't decide if they're more embarrassed by their parents or the country's leader.
  • : Small Venezia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Crime Rates.
  • : Following new legislation in Small Venezia, citizens are expected to be armed at all times.
  • : Following new legislation in Small Venezia, foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the triumph of the Maracaibo And Paraguaipoa Monkulonseerüs against long odds.
  • : Following new legislation in Small Venezia, police reduce their paperwork by refusing to arrest anyone.
  • : Following new legislation in Small Venezia, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day.
  • : Following new legislation in Small Venezia, the state believes that children are what you make of them.

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