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Largest Gambling Industry: 3,013thRudest Citizens: 6,394thHighest Crime Rates: 6,418th
The Republic of
Corporate Bordello
Who ya callin' pinhead?
Influence
Eminence Grise
Region
Civil Rights
Very Good
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
World Benchmark

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Pinhead Larry

Population6.946 billion

CapitalTexas
LeaderPinhead Larry
Faiththe magic conch

CurrencyDollar
AnimalStarfish

The Republic of Pinhead Larry is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Pinhead Larry with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6.946 billion Pinheads are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Administration, and Welfare are also considered important, while Social Policy and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Texas. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.7%.

The all-consuming Pinheaded economy, worth 495 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is 71,346 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 206,626 per year while the poor average 19,522, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia, nose plugs are the latest Pinheaded fashion accessory, official maps have to be revised on a weekly basis, and foreign leaders who don't applaud Pinhead Larry's speeches are regarded as enemies of Pinhead Larry. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Pinhead Larry's national animal is the Starfish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is the magic conch.

Pinhead Larry is ranked 48,833rd in the world and 1st in Fiji for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,916.62 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

Top
1%
Largest Gambling Industry: 3,013thTop
5%
Rudest Citizens: 6,394thHighest Crime Rates: 6,418thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 7,210thFattest Citizens: 7,485thMost Avoided: 7,684thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 9,795thMost Rebellious Youth: 14,715thTop
10%
Largest Retail Industry: 18,196thMost Valuable International Artwork: 26,489thMost Politically Free: 32,301st

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Pinhead Larry, foreign leaders who don't applaud Pinhead Larry's speeches are regarded as enemies of Pinhead Larry.
  • : Following new legislation in Pinhead Larry, official maps have to be revised on a weekly basis.
  • : Pinhead Larry was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
  • : Pinhead Larry was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
  • : Pinhead Larry was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
  • : Following new legislation in Pinhead Larry, nose plugs are the latest Pinheaded fashion accessory.
  • : Following new legislation in Pinhead Larry, political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia.
  • : Pinhead Larry's influence in Fiji rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Pinhead Larry was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Gambling Industry.
  • : Following new legislation in Pinhead Larry, a petition to improve Pinheaded literacy is mostly signed with cross-marks.

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