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The Emirate of Socialist Test 440

“The ceremony of innocence is drowned”

Category: Authoritarian Democracy
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Some

Regional Influence: Sprat

Location: the Rejected Realms

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Socialist Test 440

Population4.588 billion

CurrencyLatinum
AnimalRattlesnake

The Emirate of Socialist Test 440 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its parental licensing program, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 4.588 billion Socialist Test 440ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Socialist Test 440ian economy, worth 762 trillion Latinums 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 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 impressive 166,096 Latinums, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, nuclear warheads are frequently launched into space as a warning to invading meteoroids, and the government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Socialist Test 440's national animal is the Rattlesnake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Socialist Test 440 is ranked 285,304th in the world and 6,693rd in the Rejected Realms for Highest Food Quality, scoring 4.75 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

Top
5%
Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 3,500thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3,774thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 4,744thMost Patriotic: 5,254thMost Devout: 8,440thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 9,072ndLargest Black Market: 9,844thMost Corrupt Governments: 9,903rdLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 10,130thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 10,457thTop
10%
Largest Mining Sector: 14,799thHighest Average Incomes: 17,396thHealthiest Citizens: 18,595thMost Subsidized Industry: 18,658thLowest Crime Rates: 20,774thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 20,960thMost Efficient Economies: 20,967thLargest Information Technology Sector: 22,373rd
Top
5%
Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 94th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 122nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 153rd in the regionMost Patriotic: 157th in the regionMost Devout: 173rd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 212th in the regionLargest Black Market: 228th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 257th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 263rd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 288th in the regionTop
10%
Largest Mining Sector: 353rd in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 444th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 484th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 493rd in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 505th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 516th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 540th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 570th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Socialist Test 440 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Patriotic and Largest Black Market and the Top 10% for Highest Wealthy Incomes and Highest Average Incomes.
  • : Socialist Test 440 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Mining Sector.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 440, the government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 440, nuclear warheads are frequently launched into space as a warning to invading meteoroids.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 440, power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 440, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 440, national stress about the waning heir-line is causing a rise in alopecia.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 440, it isn't only obsequious grandees who produce a lot of manure at state occasions.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 440, Michelin-star chefs are being called on to prepare menus for six-year-olds.
  • : Following new legislation in Socialist Test 440, crop circles are intently studied by investigators with questionable merits.

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