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Nudest: 11,835thMost Authoritarian: 27,195thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 29,034th
The Receivership of
Psychotic Dictatorship
Bunchóras del Marsant; Bunchóras del Avenír
Influence
Contender
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Very Strong
Political Freedom
Few

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Driftwood Point

Population2.063 billion

CapitalThe Drift
LeaderWoodhead
FaithCatholicism

CurrencyRobot Buck
AnimalRobot Servant

The Receivership of Driftwood Point is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Woodhead with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, smutty television, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.063 billion Driftwood Pointians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Drift. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.0%.

The very strong Driftwood Pointian economy, worth 177 trillion Robot Bucks 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. 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 86,248 Robot Bucks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 253,443 per year while the poor average 23,123, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

Citizens re-mortgage their homes to buy lottery tickets, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, foreign musicians that Woodhead dislikes are turned away at the border, and human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Driftwood Point's national animal is the Robot Servant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Driftwood Point is ranked 114,687th in the world and 10th in Infrastructure for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,250.1 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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Nudest: 11,835thTop
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Most Authoritarian: 27,195thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 29,034thHighest Disposable Incomes: 29,169thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 31,592nd
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 1st in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Driftwood Point was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate and Largest Cheese Export Sector.
  • : Following new legislation in Driftwood Point, human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants.
  • : Following new legislation in Driftwood Point, foreign musicians that Woodhead dislikes are turned away at the border.
  • : Following new legislation in Driftwood Point, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms.
  • : Following new legislation in Driftwood Point, citizens re-mortgage their homes to buy lottery tickets.
  • : Following new legislation in Driftwood Point, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes.
  • : Driftwood Point was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in Driftwood Point, pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute.
  • : Following new legislation in Driftwood Point, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service.
  • : Following new legislation in Driftwood Point, immigrant Maxtopians are routinely sold on popular internet auction sites.

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