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Nudest: 26thHighest Drug Use: 273rdMost Rebellious Youth: 422nd
The Machine of
Civil Rights Lovefest
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Machine
Influence
Shoeshiner
Region
Civil Rights
Excessive
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Corrupted

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Pookyvania

Population20.591 billion

CapitalMachine
LeaderMachine
FaithMachine

Currencymachine
Animalmachine

The Machine of Pookyvania is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Machine with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and conspicuous electricity pylons. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 20.591 billion Machines hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Machine. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Mechanical economy, worth a remarkable 6,781 trillion machines 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Tourism. 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 an amazing 329,336 machines, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Popular candidates who don't suffer last-second political scandals tend to get fished out of the Machine River, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship, and tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Pookyvania's national animal is the machine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Machine.

Pookyvania is ranked 53,589th in the world and 128th in Forest for Most Developed, scoring 76.44 on the Human Development Index.

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Nudest: 26thHighest Drug Use: 273rdMost Rebellious Youth: 422ndMost Valuable International Artwork: 436thHighest Crime Rates: 465thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 506thLargest Information Technology Sector: 619thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 752ndMost Advanced Public Education: 788thLargest Black Market: 794thMost Armed: 811thRudest Citizens: 871stLargest Publishing Industry: 1,307thHighest Poor Incomes: 1,344thMost Inclusive: 1,375thMost Beautiful Environments: 2,126thHighest Average Incomes: 2,304thMost Accessible: 2,304thHighest Economic Output: 2,473rdSmartest Citizens: 2,850thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2,880thLargest Gambling Industry: 2,961stHighest Food Quality: 3,004thLargest Welfare Programs: 3,040thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 3,148thMost Scientifically Advanced: 3,326thMost Subsidized Industry: 3,803rdMost Cheerful Citizens: 3,961stHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 4,416thMost Efficient Economies: 4,443rdLargest Governments: 4,484thFattest Citizens: 4,790thMost Cultured: 4,964thNicest Citizens: 5,097thMost Influential: 5,316thMost Compassionate Citizens: 5,451stHighest Average Tax Rates: 5,477thMost Secular: 5,629thMost Avoided: 5,777thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 6,687thLargest Retail Industry: 6,949thTop
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 16,846thLargest Populations: 18,442ndBest Weather: 22,113thMost Advanced Public Transport: 23,904thMost Politically Free: 25,223rdMost Extensive Civil Rights: 30,124th
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Nudest: 1st in the regionTop
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Largest Black Market: 6th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 7th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 7th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 7th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 9th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 9th in the regionRudest Citizens: 9th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 9th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 9th in the regionMost Politically Free: 11th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 11th in the regionMost Armed: 12th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 13th in the regionFattest Citizens: 14th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 15th in the regionMost Avoided: 15th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 15th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 18th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 19th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 21st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 23rd in the regionMost Inclusive: 24th in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 25th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 28th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 29th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Pookyvania voted against the World Assembly Resolution "International Nuclear Compliance Commission".
  • : Pookyvania adopted General Assembly Resolution #15 "".
  • : Following new legislation in Pookyvania, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread.
  • : Following new legislation in Pookyvania, pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship.
  • : Pookyvania voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Repeal "Liberate Utopia"".
  • : Pookyvania voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Space Transport and Astronomical Research".
  • : Pookyvania adopted General Assembly Resolution #14 "".
  • : Pookyvania was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Gambling Industry.
  • : Following new legislation in Pookyvania, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta.
  • : Following new legislation in Pookyvania, popular candidates who don't suffer last-second political scandals tend to get fished out of the Machine River.

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