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Most Cheerful Citizens: 8,606thLargest Gambling Industry: 10,523rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 15,746th
The Friendly Nature Spirits of
Iron Fist Consumerists
We are the Junimos, keepers of the forest.
Influence
Hermit
Governor
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Thriving
Political Freedom
Rare

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Junimos

Population7.775 billion

Currencyseed
Animaldog

The Friendly Nature Spirits of Junimos is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, free-roaming dinosaurs, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 7.775 billion Junimos 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.0%.

The thriving Junimo economy, worth 513 trillion seeds 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 Information Technology, Gambling, Woodchip Exports, 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 66,003 seeds, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 383,970 per year while the poor average 5,363, a ratio of 71.6 to 1.

Imitation is the sincerest form of felony, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, and the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Junimos's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Junimos is ranked 74,599th in the world and 1st in The Junimo Hut for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 128.83 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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Most Cheerful Citizens: 8,606thLargest Gambling Industry: 10,523rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 15,746thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 15,994thTop
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 20,830thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 22,266thMost Ignorant Citizens: 28,009thMost Influential: 28,337thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 30,853rd

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Junimos was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : Junimos was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry.
  • : Junimos was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry.
  • : Following new legislation in Junimos, the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat.
  • : Following new legislation in Junimos, parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend.
  • : Following new legislation in Junimos, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation.
  • : Following new legislation in Junimos, imitation is the sincerest form of felony.
  • : Following new legislation in Junimos, escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails'.
  • : Junimos was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
  • : Junimos was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry.

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