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Most Influential: 209thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,208thLargest Black Market: 1,977th
The Rogue State of
Father Knows Best State
The only problem violence can really solve is violence.
James LaRouge
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Bonnie Blue Republic

Population15.505 billion

CapitalGemstone Island
LeaderJames LaRouge
FaithConmunism

CurrencyGemstone Pound
Animalcopperhead

The Rogue State of Bonnie Blue Republic is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by James LaRouge with an iron fist, and renowned for its strictly enforced bedtime, anti-smoking policies, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 15.505 billion Bonnie Blues 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gemstone Island. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bonnie Blue Republician economy, worth a remarkable 3,262 trillion Gemstone 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. 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 210,447 Gemstone Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, and the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bonnie Blue Republic's national animal is the copperhead, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Conmunism.

Bonnie Blue Republic is ranked 88,690th in the world and 58th in Lands End for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 297.39 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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Most Influential: 209thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,208thLargest Black Market: 1,977thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,418thMost Advanced Public Transport: 2,671stTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 2,972ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 4,664thHighest Poor Incomes: 5,345thMost Advanced Public Education: 6,369thHighest Economic Output: 6,544thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 7,034thMost Corrupt Governments: 7,339thHighest Average Tax Rates: 8,014thMost Stationary: 8,655thLargest Information Technology Sector: 8,912thHighest Average Incomes: 8,912thLargest Governments: 9,513thMost Secular: 9,750thMost Subsidized Industry: 9,820thMost Developed: 10,549thMost Scientifically Advanced: 10,916thLargest Publishing Industry: 13,776thTop
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Smartest Citizens: 14,776thMost Patriotic: 14,992ndLongest Average Lifespans: 15,159thLargest Mining Sector: 18,568thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 19,141stMost Efficient Economies: 19,655thLowest Crime Rates: 20,212thMost Cultured: 20,704thFattest Citizens: 23,682ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 25,014thLargest Populations: 25,845th
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Most Stationary: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionMost Influential: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 3rd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 4th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 4th in the regionLargest Populations: 6th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 8th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 9th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 10th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 15th in the regionMost Secular: 15th in the regionLargest Governments: 15th in the region

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