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Most Primitive: 884thMost Advanced Public Transport: 894thMost Ignorant Citizens: 988th
The Fourdom of
Iron Fist Consumerists
Four for All and All for Four!
Influence
Squire
Region
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Answer 4

Population6.948 billion

CapitalFourth Fort Fourmosa
LeaderFour-um Mod
FaithFourian Messianic Monotheism

CurrencyQuarter
AnimalFour Legged Animal

The Fourdom of Answer 4 is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Four-um Mod with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, rum-swilling pirates, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.948 billion Aforians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Administration, although Industry, Healthcare, and Public Transport are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fourth Fort Fourmosa. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Aforian economy, worth 972 trillion Quarters a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 139,896 Quarters, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 427,356 per year while the poor average 35,496, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Pizza parlors have been replaced by lima bean cafes, compassion shrinks as tax rebates grow, politicians' smiles are legally considered a form of disaster relief, and the invisible hand of the market wipes babies' bottoms. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Answer 4's national animal is the Four Legged Animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Fourian Messianic Monotheism.

Answer 4 is ranked 304,093rd in the world and 32nd in Testregionia for Highest Food Quality, scoring 3.22 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

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Most Primitive: 884thMost Advanced Public Transport: 894thMost Ignorant Citizens: 988thMost Avoided: 1,901stLargest Retail Industry: 2,207thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,267thHighest Crime Rates: 2,487thTop
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,266thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 3,348thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4,086thMost Secular: 4,600thMost Corrupt Governments: 5,486thLargest Black Market: 6,023rdLargest Mining Sector: 9,919thLargest Welfare Programs: 10,598thNudest: 11,455thTop
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 15,862ndHighest Average Tax Rates: 18,281stMost Efficient Economies: 23,446thMost Armed: 27,531stMost Conservative: 27,623rdHighest Average Incomes: 29,560th
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionTop
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 2nd in the regionMost Secular: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 3rd in the regionMost Primitive: 3rd in the regionMost Avoided: 3rd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 3rd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 3rd in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 3rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Answer 4, the invisible hand of the market wipes babies' bottoms.
  • : Following new legislation in Answer 4, politicians' smiles are legally considered a form of disaster relief.
  • : Following new legislation in Answer 4, compassion shrinks as tax rebates grow.
  • : Following new legislation in Answer 4, pizza parlors have been replaced by lima bean cafes.
  • : Following new legislation in Answer 4, the criminal underworld is dominated by cupcake smugglers and back-alley doughnut shops.
  • : Answer 4 lodged a message on the Testregionia Regional Message Board.
  • : Answer 4 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes and the Top 10% for Highest Average Incomes.
  • : Answer 4 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Fattest Citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in Answer 4, heart attacks are regarded as a coming of age ritual.
  • : Following new legislation in Answer 4, the musical cognoscenti insist the national anthem just isn't the same without a double contrabass flute.

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