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Largest Black Market: 14,495thHighest Economic Output: 21,396thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 21,920th
The Community of
Psychotic Dictatorship
The shape of life
Influence
Truckler
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Marble Statues

Population17.131 billion

Currencychisel
Animalasian bear

The Community of Marble Statues is a titanic, cultured nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, rampant corporate plagiarism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 17.131 billion Marble Statuesians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Marble Statuesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,619 trillion chisels 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 large, well-organized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. 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 94,546 chisels, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects, Leader's former secretary was last sighted on her new yacht, the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, and citizens know not to ask what their country can do for them but what they can do as chained slaves for their country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marble Statues's national animal is the asian bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Marble Statues is ranked 21,920th in the world and 4th in Greece for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,185.89 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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Largest Black Market: 14,495thTop
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Highest Economic Output: 21,396thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 21,920thLargest Populations: 23,878thMost Subsidized Industry: 25,762ndMost Advanced Public Education: 28,177thMost Authoritarian: 31,078thLargest Information Technology Sector: 31,083rdMost World Assembly Endorsements: 33,159th
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 2nd in the regionMost Patriotic: 2nd in the regionMost Devout: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Marble Statues was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Following new legislation in Marble Statues, citizens know not to ask what their country can do for them but what they can do as chained slaves for their country.
  • : Following new legislation in Marble Statues, the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption.
  • : Following new legislation in Marble Statues, Leader's former secretary was last sighted on her new yacht.
  • : Following new legislation in Marble Statues, holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects.
  • : Following new legislation in Marble Statues, children making baking soda volcanos are questioned by the police.
  • : Marble Statues was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Marble Statues was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.
  • : Following new legislation in Marble Statues, being impolite in public is punishable by heavy fines.
  • : Marble Statues was reclassified from "Corrupt Dictatorship" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".

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