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The Fiefdom of Vidare

“I Always Knew the President Wanted to Kill Us”

Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
Civil Rights:
Good
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Lazarus

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Vidare

Population47.33 billion

CapitalDis
LeaderFearless Leader
Faitha Cult of Personality

Currencylarge shiny coin
Animalrabid squirrel

The Fiefdom of Vidare is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Fearless Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, public floggings, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 47.33 billion Vidareans 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 relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Vidarean economy, worth an astonishing 15,956 trillion large shiny coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 337,126 large shiny coins, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,125,127 per year while the poor average 3,449, a ratio of 906 to 1.

Military spending recently hit a new high, Vidare's schoolchildren are manufactured into a segregated bunch of soldiers, religious zealots, and computer technicians, the dead are minced up and sold to people in burger form, and a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Vidare's national animal is the rabid squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a Cult of Personality.

Vidare is ranked 2,375th in the world and 113th in Lazarus for Largest Governments, scoring 53 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 149thLargest Populations: 162ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 311thHighest Economic Output: 317thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 597thLargest Insurance Industry: 693rdSafest: 742ndMost Stationary: 1,039thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,192ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,304thLowest Crime Rates: 1,535thLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 1,677thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,729thHighest Average Incomes: 2,065thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2,227thLargest Governments: 2,375thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,747thFattest Citizens: 2,759thLargest Gambling Industry: 2,877thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 3,175thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 3,279thTop
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,704thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5,161stLargest Agricultural Sector: 5,333rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 6,459thLargest Mining Sector: 6,661stHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 8,453rdMost Patriotic: 9,416thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 9,684thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 9,719thMost Corrupt Governments: 9,724thMost Scientifically Advanced: 10,711thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 11,229thSmartest Citizens: 11,648thLargest Information Technology Sector: 12,736thMost Influential: 13,089thLargest Publishing Industry: 13,129thHighest Average Tax Rates: 14,151stLargest Retail Industry: 16,757thTop
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 16,979thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 17,535thMost Beautiful Environments: 19,758thMost Pro-Market: 23,638thMost Efficient Economies: 26,234thHighest Food Quality: 32,958th
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Largest Populations: 7th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 9th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 10th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 18th in the regionMost Stationary: 26th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 31st in the regionSafest: 41st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 41st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 76th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 83rd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 84th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 86th in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 91st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 92nd in the regionLargest Governments: 113th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 145th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 159th in the regionFattest Citizens: 162nd in the regionTop
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Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 169th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 180th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 193rd in the regionMost Influential: 203rd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 229th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 320th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 371st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 398th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 416th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 475th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 527th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 536th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 634th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 666th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 702nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 710th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 717th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 793rd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 798th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 827th in the regionTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 841st in the regionMost Extreme: 883rd in the regionMost Patriotic: 946th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,159th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1,187th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 1,337th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1,672nd in the region

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