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The Confederacy of The Gentle Wind

“Find beauty in everything”

Category: Left-wing Utopia
Civil Rights:
Superb
Economy:
Weak
Political Freedoms:
World Benchmark

Regional Influence: Vassal

Location: Union of Free Nations

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The Gentle Wind

Population24.888 billion

CapitalSoyokaze
LeaderKenji Ibara

Currencybarter token
Animalgentle dog

The Confederacy of The Gentle Wind is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Kenji Ibara with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 24.888 billion Gentle Windians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken morass — is primarily concerned with Environment, although Welfare, Education, and Social Policy are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soyokaze. The average income tax rate is 88.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Gentle Windian economy, worth 828 trillion barter tokens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Tourism industry. Average income is 33,278 barter tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags, Kenji Ibara knows that some internet activities are strictly solitary (The Gentle Wind has found 1 easter egg), and contestants on The Gentle Wind's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Gentle Wind's national animal is the gentle dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Gentle Wind is ranked 6,680th in the world and 45th in Union of Free Nations for Most Stationary, with 2,864.98814557308 days.

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Most Stationary: 6,680thBest Weather: 6,777thMost Beautiful Environments: 7,515thMost Pacifist: 7,711thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 8,015thLargest Populations: 8,196thSafest: 9,023rdMost Cheerful Citizens: 9,433rdLeast Corrupt Governments: 10,353rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 11,864thMost Rebellious Youth: 12,129thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 12,834thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 14,275thTop
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Nicest Citizens: 16,258thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 16,446thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 17,629thMost Influential: 18,207thNudest: 18,331stMost Compassionate Citizens: 18,895thMost Income Equality: 20,198thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 20,329thMost Advanced Public Transport: 21,028thLargest Welfare Programs: 24,953rd
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Nudest: 1st in the regionBest Weather: 3rd in the regionMost Pacifist: 3rd in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 4th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 4th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 5th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 5th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 6th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 6th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 6th in the regionNicest Citizens: 6th in the regionSafest: 6th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 6th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : The Gentle Wind was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : The Gentle Wind was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
  • : The Gentle Wind was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : The Gentle Wind was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Nudest.
  • : The Gentle Wind was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
  • : The Gentle Wind was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
  • : The Gentle Wind was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in The Gentle Wind, contestants on The Gentle Wind's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent.
  • : Following new legislation in The Gentle Wind, Kenji Ibara knows that some internet activities are strictly solitary (The Gentle Wind has found 1 easter egg).
  • : Following new legislation in The Gentle Wind, knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags.

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