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Healthiest Citizens: 2,029thLongest Average Lifespans: 2,508thMost Valuable International Artwork: 2,778th
The Wooded Land of
Corrupt Dictatorship
We are the forest, and the forest are we.
Influence
Hatchling
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Konar

Population22.504 billion

CapitalEmswe
LeaderBluie
FaithAtheism

Currencychuka
Animaltersik

The Wooded Land of Konar is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Bluie with an iron fist, and renowned for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 22.504 billion Konarians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Emswe. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Konarian economy, worth a remarkable 2,960 trillion chukas a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,539 chukas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, 90% of active duty KAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones, army rations are served on silver platters, and student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned tersikball fields. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Konar's national animal is the tersik, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Konar is ranked 4,500th in the world and 142nd in The North Pacific for Most Secular, with 98.57 Atheism Rate.

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Healthiest Citizens: 2,029thLongest Average Lifespans: 2,508thMost Valuable International Artwork: 2,778thTop
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Best Weather: 3,221stLowest Crime Rates: 3,911thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,369thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4,476thMost Secular: 4,500thMost Advanced Public Education: 4,693rdMost Developed: 4,927thMost Advanced Public Transport: 5,469thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 6,447thMost Corrupt Governments: 7,276thMost Pacifist: 7,785thSmartest Citizens: 8,007thMost Inclusive: 8,178thMost Beautiful Environments: 9,042ndHighest Average Tax Rates: 9,525thHighest Economic Output: 10,016thLargest Information Technology Sector: 10,175thHighest Food Quality: 10,708thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 12,210thLargest Governments: 12,554thHighest Poor Incomes: 12,932ndLargest Populations: 15,691stTop
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Most Scientifically Advanced: 21,247thMost Subsidized Industry: 22,182ndMost Income Equality: 22,704thLargest Publishing Industry: 22,907thLargest Agricultural Sector: 27,306thLargest Black Market: 28,594thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 29,067th
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 97th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 101st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 115th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 121st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 122nd in the regionMost Secular: 142nd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 155th in the regionBest Weather: 158th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 169th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 175th in the regionMost Developed: 203rd in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 208th in the regionLargest Populations: 209th in the regionLargest Black Market: 226th in the regionTop
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Highest Economic Output: 261st in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 296th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 315th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 320th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 322nd in the regionMost Pacifist: 336th in the regionMost Inclusive: 350th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 360th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 380th in the regionLargest Governments: 393rd in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 405th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 418th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 436th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 457th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Konar's influence in The North Pacific rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Zombies and Most Dead.

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