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The Depraved Desolation of Zombie 16

“I Ate My Own Brains!”

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The Depraved Desolation of Zombie 16 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Behr Crusher with an even hand, and notable for its aversion to nipples, ritual sacrifices, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 10.913 billion Zombie 16ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brainsburgville. The average income tax rate is 77.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Zombie 16ian economy, worth a remarkable 3,653 trillion pounds 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 334,741 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Prison walls have had to be modified to keep parkour-trained criminals from escaping, soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot are regarded as heroes, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, and the environment is gorgeous so long as you're looking up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zombie 16's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Intellectual Empathy.

Zombie 16 is ranked 288,801^st in the world and 768^th in NationStates for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2.97 pounds of wildlife per square mile.

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