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The One and Only Official of Ghost

“Of course I have no life, I'm a ghost”

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The One and Only Official of Ghost is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by George Washington's Ghost with an even hand, and renowned for its feral children, zero percent divorce rate, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic, devout population of 9.986 billion ghosts are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Welfare, although Defense, Environment, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spookane. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ghostian economy, worth 335 trillion cryptoes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,563 cryptoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grade school teachers mark homework with red "CITATION NEEDED" stamps, cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, there's nothing more rock-and-roll than absolute sobriety, and virtually all of the country's economic activity takes place in Spookane. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghost's national animal is the skeleton, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ghost is ranked 45,908^th in the world and 58^th in The Wellspring for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,514.66 on the Societal Mobility Rating.

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