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The Emoticons of Smiley Bob

“Where's my wallet?”

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The Emoticons of Smiley Bob is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Danielle with a fair hand, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 34.443 billion Smilers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avengers Tower. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Smiley economy, worth a remarkable 8,967 trillion pikas a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an amazing 260,343 pikas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Supervisors in Smiley Bob commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence, people applying for famine relief must prove their gastrointestinal tracts are empty, barbers who trim a few inches of hair bill the government for their labor, and scientists have great chemistry with their subjects. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smiley Bob's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is a tie.

Smiley Bob is ranked 1,228^th in the world and 1^st in Hollow Point for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 4,999.11 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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