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The Rippling Green Needle-Sea of Coniferous Forests

“Come to the forest, for here is rest.”

Category: Iron Fist Consumerists
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Location: Forest

Regional Influence: Sprat

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The Rippling Green Needle-Sea of Coniferous Forests is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Connie Ferous with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.508 billion Forestians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Environment, although Industry, Administration, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Education and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Treehouse. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Coniferous Forestsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,152 trillion Needles 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, highly specialized black market in Tourism, Retail, and Basket Weaving. 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 100,178 Needles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 302,342 per year while the poor average 25,861, a ratio of 11.7 to 1.

They unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop), the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, claiming to have performed the Heimlich Maneuver is a popular defense for assault charges, and nothing is more offensive than being inoffensive. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Coniferous Forests's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Druidism.

Coniferous Forests is ranked 344,755th in the world and 307th in Forest for Smartest Citizens, with 0.36 quips per hour.

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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 210thMost Primitive: 512thMost Ignorant Citizens: 1,045thHighest Crime Rates: 1,224thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,952ndMost Advanced Public Transport: 3,441stTop
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Most Subsidized Industry: 3,960thMost Avoided: 4,730thLargest Black Market: 5,236thMost Beautiful Environments: 5,618thNudest: 7,228thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 7,974thBest Weather: 8,031stMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 8,061stMost Corrupt Governments: 9,639thMost Secular: 9,979thTop
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Most Influential: 19,566thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 20,040thLargest Retail Industry: 22,235thMost Valuable International Artwork: 29,383rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 29,516thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 29,720thMost Armed: 30,510thHighest Economic Output: 31,376th
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Nudest: 8th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 10th in the regionMost Primitive: 10th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 12th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 12th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 12th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 13th in the regionLargest Black Market: 15th in the regionTop
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Most Avoided: 17th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 17th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 19th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 22nd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 23rd in the regionMost Authoritarian: 25th in the regionMost Conservative: 29th in the region

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