by Max Barry

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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,772ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 7,322ndMost Advanced Defense Forces: 7,336th
The Programming Language of
Psychotic Dictatorship
A dynamic, general-purpose programming language
Influence
Apprentice
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Clojure

Population6.904 billion

Currencyforint
Animalfish

The Programming Language of Clojure is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its smutty television, pith helmet sales, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.904 billion Clojureans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 83.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Clojurean economy, worth a remarkable 1,178 trillion forints a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 170,706 forints, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat, families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs, and the nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clojure's national animal is the fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Clojure is ranked 300,302nd in the world and 165th in Koprulu Sector for Most Cultured, scoring 45 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,772ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 7,322ndMost Advanced Defense Forces: 7,336thMost Devout: 7,365thMost Armed: 7,836thLowest Crime Rates: 8,191stMost Patriotic: 8,381stLongest Average Lifespans: 9,493rdMost Corrupt Governments: 9,820thMost Subsidized Industry: 9,923rdMost Developed: 10,592ndLargest Information Technology Sector: 11,165thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 11,489thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 12,490thLargest Black Market: 12,915thMost Beautiful Environments: 13,275thLargest Governments: 13,620thHighest Average Tax Rates: 13,666thBest Weather: 14,023rdMost Efficient Economies: 14,344thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 14,401stHealthiest Citizens: 15,342ndTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 17,542ndHighest Average Incomes: 17,846thMost Advanced Public Education: 18,066thLargest Welfare Programs: 18,553rdSmartest Citizens: 18,752ndLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 20,405thMost Scientifically Advanced: 20,435thMost Inclusive: 21,680thHighest Poor Incomes: 22,671stMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 28,926th
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 2nd in the regionTop
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Longest Average Lifespans: 4th in the regionMost Developed: 4th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 5th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 7th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 8th in the regionTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 12th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 13th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 14th in the regionLargest Governments: 16th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 16th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 17th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 17th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 18th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 18th in the regionRudest Citizens: 18th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 20th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, the nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned.
  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs.
  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat.
  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go.
  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, tipsy fans frequently invite themselves to the board meetings of sports clubs.
  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, the fattest folk in Clojure look to be the happiest ones.
  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, the nation's prisons are touted as the best weight loss programs money can't buy.
  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, Leader's military council has been nicknamed 'The Knights of the Rotund Table'.
  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, the government is hounded to provide tissues whenever the feelings of the Dàguó people are hurt.
  • : Following new legislation in Clojure, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky.

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