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The Rolling Thunder of Gewitter

“Flash-Bang!”

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

Location: Lazarus

Regional Influence: Hatchling

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The Rolling Thunder of Gewitter is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Thor with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, complete lack of public education, and exploding hoverboards. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 27.59 billion Gewitterians 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, prioritizes Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gewitter City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Gewitterian economy, worth a remarkable 4,901 trillion Currents a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is an impressive 177,653 Currents, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,642,647 per year while the poor average 1,871, a ratio of 877 to 1.

Smiling in public is seen as criminally suspicious behaviour, ghost regiments exist only on paper, women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up", and the Gewitterian Tourism Bureau has described the abolition of coastal defences as a "kick to the groyne". Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Gewitter's national animal is the Cow Zombie, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gewitter is ranked 233,547th in the world and 7,300th in Lazarus for Most Stationary, with 23.19933931908 days.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 197thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 604thLargest Gambling Industry: 620thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 966thHighest Crime Rates: 1,099thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,114thMost Avoided: 1,234thLargest Insurance Industry: 1,242ndLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,358thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,362ndHighest Disposable Incomes: 2,238thFattest Citizens: 2,645thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,655thTop
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Highest Economic Output: 3,414thMost Rebellious Youth: 3,706thMost Primitive: 4,569thMost Armed: 5,060thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 5,301stLargest Populations: 5,787thLargest Retail Industry: 7,169thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 9,129thRudest Citizens: 11,203rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 13,537thHighest Average Incomes: 14,177thLargest Publishing Industry: 14,577thTop
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Largest Mining Sector: 15,391stMost Efficient Economies: 15,817thMost Corrupt Governments: 16,989thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 21,391stMost Pro-Market: 23,259thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 28,198thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 28,827th
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 26th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 29th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 32nd in the regionMost Avoided: 62nd in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 64th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 67th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 68th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 77th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 78th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 80th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 93rd in the regionMost Pro-Market: 103rd in the regionTop
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Highest Disposable Incomes: 130th in the regionFattest Citizens: 158th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 181st in the regionLargest Populations: 192nd in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 205th in the regionMost Primitive: 236th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 283rd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 335th in the regionMost Armed: 424th in the regionTop
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Rudest Citizens: 532nd in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 677th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 767th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 815th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 913th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 955th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 974th in the region

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