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The Emoticons of Smiley Bob

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The Emoticons of Smiley Bob is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Danielle with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 26.079 billion Smilers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avngrs Towr. The average income tax rate is 86.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Smiley economy, worth a remarkable 4,666 trillion pikas a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 178,945 pikas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room, the World Emoticons Games have been won again by Smiley Bob as no other country cares enough to compete, and the nation is so apathetic that Smilers can barely find the energy to bring new issues to the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem. Smiley Bob's national animal is the cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a tie.

Smiley Bob is ranked 201,836^th in the world and 8^th in Hollow Point for Lowest Crime Rates, with 36.36 Law-abiding Acts Per Hour.

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