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The Matriarchial Kakistocracy of Tornado Queendom is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Tornado Wiwi with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, strictly enforced bedtime, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 19.368 billion Tornadoes are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tornado City. The average income tax rate is 4.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Tornado Queendomian economy, worth a remarkable 6,880 trillion UNDER ECONOMIC MARTIAL LAWS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Gambling, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 355,242 UNDER ECONOMIC MARTIAL LAWS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

An increasing number of knights in shining armor suffer from PTSD, all funding starts one dime at a time, in-cite-ment never happens at tea parties, and watching shooting stars is Tornadoes' number two favorite pastime. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Tornado Queendom's national animal is the Tornado, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Satanic Church of Tornadoes.

Tornado Queendom is ranked 5,085^th in the world and 1^st in The Forge for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 559.04 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.