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The Community of Socialist Test 418

“Mostly Harmless”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Sprat

Location: the Rejected Realms

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Socialist Test 418

Population4.536 billion

CurrencyDenero
AnimalBlack Bear

The Community of Socialist Test 418 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.536 billion Socialist Test 418ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Socialist Test 418ian economy, worth 932 trillion Deneroes 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. 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 an amazing 205,514 Deneroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park, the overhead luggage compartment is often full, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, and agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Socialist Test 418's national animal is the Black Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Socialist Test 418 is ranked 15,771st in the world and 394th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 93.44 law-abiding acts per hour.

Top
1%
Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,828thTop
5%
Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3,100thMost Armed: 4,085thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 4,139thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5,028thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 6,749thLargest Mining Sector: 6,869thMost Devout: 6,901stMost Corrupt Governments: 7,584thNudest: 8,494thLargest Information Technology Sector: 9,322ndMost Advanced Defense Forces: 11,005thLargest Agricultural Sector: 11,305thMost Subsidized Industry: 12,103rdMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 12,552ndTop
10%
Most Efficient Economies: 14,898thLowest Crime Rates: 15,771stLargest Governments: 23,765thSmartest Citizens: 25,032nd
Top
1%
Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 51st in the regionTop
5%
Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 79th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 100th in the regionMost Armed: 116th in the regionMost Devout: 120th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 166th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 169th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 205th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 209th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 223rd in the regionNudest: 236th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 251st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 305th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 309th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 317th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 326th in the regionTop
10%
Lowest Crime Rates: 394th in the regionLargest Governments: 535th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 634th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, the overhead luggage compartment is often full.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, scientists are not permitted to ask questions.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, children have nightmares about the eerie red glow and constant whirring of newly-installed machines.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, government spending has hit an all-time low.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, getting an autograph has become harder than ever.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been banned for advocating gluttony.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 418, Leader claims tax rises are the result of 'curses'.

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