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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,905thMost Subsidized Industry: 7,242ndLargest Welfare Programs: 8,513th
The Republic of
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64 Colors!
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Civil Rights
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Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
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Color 0x36

Population8.534 billion

CurrencyBit
AnimalParrot

The Republic of Color 0x36 is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, free-roaming dinosaurs, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 8.534 billion Color 0x36ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 84.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Color 0x36ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,558 trillion Bits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 182,606 Bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Old cars must undergo mandatory sensitivity training, commercials are consistently recorded in soft white rooms, scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered, and the nation proudly hosts OstraCon to decide who gets free vacations to the Brancaland tundra. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Color 0x36's national animal is the Parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Color 0x36 is ranked 12,447th in the world and 7th in junk for Most Developed, scoring 89.33 on the Human Development Index.

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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,905thMost Subsidized Industry: 7,242ndLargest Welfare Programs: 8,513thLargest Black Market: 8,673rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 8,796thMost Corrupt Governments: 9,084thMost Secular: 9,110thLargest Mining Sector: 10,143rdLowest Crime Rates: 10,216thHighest Poor Incomes: 10,567thLargest Information Technology Sector: 10,584thLongest Average Lifespans: 11,562ndMost Efficient Economies: 11,596thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 12,109thMost Developed: 12,447thMost Scientifically Advanced: 12,707thMost Patriotic: 12,750thHighest Average Tax Rates: 12,892ndLargest Governments: 13,246thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 13,456thMost Advanced Public Education: 13,857thHighest Average Incomes: 14,467thTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 16,708thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 18,957thHighest Economic Output: 22,513thSmartest Citizens: 23,961stMost Accessible: 24,709thMost Advanced Public Transport: 26,641stHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 28,449thHealthiest Citizens: 29,468th
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Largest Welfare Programs: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 3rd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 3rd in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 4th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 6th in the regionTop
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Lowest Crime Rates: 7th in the regionMost Developed: 7th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 8th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 9th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 10th in the regionMost Secular: 10th in the regionLargest Governments: 13th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 14th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 15th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 16th in the regionRudest Citizens: 23rd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 25th in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 32nd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 33rd in the regionSmartest Citizens: 35th in the regionLargest Black Market: 37th in the regionMost Accessible: 55th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 57th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Color 0x36, the nation proudly hosts OstraCon to decide who gets free vacations to the Brancaland tundra.
  • : Following new legislation in Color 0x36, scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered.
  • : Following new legislation in Color 0x36, commercials are consistently recorded in soft white rooms.
  • : Following new legislation in Color 0x36, old cars must undergo mandatory sensitivity training.
  • : Following new legislation in Color 0x36, the saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work".
  • : Following new legislation in Color 0x36, hot dogs have been renamed lukewarm pigs.
  • : Following new legislation in Color 0x36, it turns out that trees grow on Bits.
  • : Following new legislation in Color 0x36, search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country.
  • : Color 0x36 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
  • : Following new legislation in Color 0x36, it's a jungle out there.

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