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The Disputed Territories of The Brink of Extinction

“A plenty of animals can be seen teetering here”

Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
Civil Rights:
Average
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Nipper

Location: Forest

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The Brink of Extinction

Population5.219 billion

CapitalHigh Landfills

Currencyteardrop
Animalnational animal of yours

The Disputed Territories of The Brink of Extinction is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.219 billion Brink of Extinctionians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, with Administration, Defense, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of High Landfills. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Brink of Extinctionian economy, worth 691 trillion teardrops a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 132,542 teardrops, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 394,678 per year while the poor average 34,875, a ratio of 11.3 to 1.

Bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, women wear burqas to avoid unwanted male attention, in musicals everybody's a little bit racist, and children play Capture the Flag and Capture the Bigtopian General Staff at summer camps. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Brink of Extinction's national animal is the national animal of yours, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Brink of Extinction is ranked 141,995th in the world and 204th in Forest for Most Stationary, with 196.19874248828 days.

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Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 1,891stLargest Gambling Industry: 1,935thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2,807thTop
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Most Avoided: 3,049thHighest Crime Rates: 3,248thFattest Citizens: 3,353rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 4,125thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 4,315thLargest Mining Sector: 6,288thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 7,641stMost Rebellious Youth: 8,365thLargest Retail Industry: 8,389thNudest: 13,129thTop
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 15,199thMost Armed: 16,387thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 26,002ndMost World Assembly Endorsements: 27,593rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 29,791st
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Largest Gambling Industry: 7th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 8th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 9th in the regionMost Avoided: 15th in the regionFattest Citizens: 15th in the regionTop
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Most Pro-Market: 16th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 17th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 17th in the regionNudest: 17th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 19th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 19th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 22nd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 24th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 25th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 29th in the regionMost Armed: 31st in the region

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