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The Quercus of Tall Oaks

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Category: Moralistic Democracy
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Some

Location: Forest

Regional Influence: Sprat

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The Quercus of Tall Oaks is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Quercus with an even hand, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.066 billion Tall Oaksians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Buxton-with-Lamas. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tall Oaksian economy, worth a remarkable 1,345 trillion Acorns a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 166,842 Acorns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Child labor has been outlawed, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, parents giddily refuse to pay their toddlers' medical bills, and police are saying "bye book" to "by the book". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tall Oaks's national animal is the Red Squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Acornism.

Tall Oaks is ranked 53,035th in the world and 117th in Forest for Most Stationary, with 834.04688287632 days.

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Largest Mining Sector: 3,757thLargest Black Market: 6,155thMost Subsidized Industry: 7,321stLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 7,927thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 8,096thMost Devout: 8,545thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 8,561stLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 9,668thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 13,786thMost Corrupt Governments: 13,984thMost Patriotic: 13,998thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 14,413thMost Efficient Economies: 14,552ndTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 15,713thHighest Average Incomes: 16,846thHighest Poor Incomes: 16,857thHighest Economic Output: 20,462ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 25,886thLargest Governments: 26,123rdHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 26,249thMost Advanced Public Education: 27,087thMost Advanced Public Transport: 28,611th
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Largest Mining Sector: 13th in the regionTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 16th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 16th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 17th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 19th in the regionLargest Black Market: 22nd in the regionMost Devout: 24th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 25th in the regionMost Patriotic: 26th in the regionMost Conservative: 28th in the region

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