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The All Time Great of Ted Williams

“Legnedary Red Sox Player”

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

Regional Influence: Sprat

Location: the Rejected Realms

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Ted Williams

Population10.901 billion

CapitalBoston
LeaderTed Williams

CurrencyShiny Green Things
AnimalScorpion

The All Time Great of Ted Williams is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Ted Williams with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, parental licensing program, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.901 billion Ted Williamsians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boston. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ted Williamsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,390 trillion Shiny Green Things a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 127,535 Shiny Green Things, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 399,318 per year while the poor average 31,231, a ratio of 12.8 to 1.

Diaper ads feature vertically-challenged adults wearing bootees, financial investors are noting a boom in artillery, newspapers are running a front-page picture of Ted Williams holding a crowbar and standing over a bloodied stockbroker, and graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ted Williams's national animal is the Scorpion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ted Williams is ranked 38,472nd in the world and 1,010th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 78.33 law-abiding acts per hour.

Top
5%
Largest Mining Sector: 10,714thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 11,535thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 14,246thTop
10%
Largest Manufacturing Sector: 24,660thHealthiest Citizens: 25,105thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 28,613thLongest Average Lifespans: 29,265th
Top
5%
Largest Mining Sector: 255th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 265th in the regionTop
10%
Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 372nd in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 656th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 662nd in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 722nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ted Williams was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Information Technology Sector.
  • : Ted Williams was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Information Technology Sector.
  • : Ted Williams was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
  • : Ted Williams was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead and Most Zombified.
  • : Ted Williams was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Average Incomes.
  • : Ted Williams was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry and Most Advanced Defense Forces.
  • : Ted Williams was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
  • : Ted Williams was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Smartest Citizens.
  • : Ted Williams's influence in The Rejected Realms rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
  • : Ted Williams's influence in The Rejected Realms fell from "Sprat" to "Minnow".

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