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Largest Welfare Programs: 1,246thMost Pacifist: 1,460thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1,576th
The Silverfish Army of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Boxes!
Silverfishy
Influence
Page
Region
Civil Rights
Very Good
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Ruguo

Population12.854 billion

CapitalYinwei
LeaderSilverfishy
FaithForgotten

CurrencySuoyi
AnimalSilverfish

The Silverfish Army of Ruguo is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Silverfishy with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, digital currency, and smutty television. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 12.854 billion Rugans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yinwei. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Rugan economy, worth a remarkable 2,361 trillion Suoyis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 183,696 Suoyis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens, no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, and authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ruguo's national animal is the Silverfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Forgotten.

Ruguo is ranked 1,827th in the world and 3rd in Wintreath for Nicest Citizens, with 75.24 average smiles per day.

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Largest Welfare Programs: 1,246thMost Pacifist: 1,460thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1,576thMost Compassionate Citizens: 1,705thNicest Citizens: 1,827thHighest Average Tax Rates: 2,046thBest Weather: 2,304thLowest Crime Rates: 2,699thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 2,747thLargest Governments: 2,939thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 2,959thTop
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Safest: 3,016thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 3,202ndLongest Average Lifespans: 3,312thMost Cheerful Citizens: 3,518thSmartest Citizens: 3,980thLargest Information Technology Sector: 4,350thHealthiest Citizens: 4,570thMost Cultured: 7,132ndLargest Publishing Industry: 8,821stMost Secular: 8,988thMost Advanced Public Transport: 9,308thMost Efficient Economies: 9,807thMost Subsidized Industry: 13,575thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 21,685th
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Largest Welfare Programs: 1st in the regionMost Pacifist: 2nd in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 2nd in the regionBest Weather: 2nd in the regionNicest Citizens: 3rd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 3rd in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 3rd in the regionTop
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Most Popular Tourist Destinations: 4th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 4th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 5th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 6th in the regionSafest: 7th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 7th in the regionLargest Governments: 7th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 8th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 9th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 10th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 10th in the regionMost Cultured: 14th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 15th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 16th in the regionTop
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Largest Publishing Industry: 17th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 20th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 28th in the regionNudest: 29th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ruguo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate and Largest Governments.
  • : Ruguo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Ruguo's influence in Wintreath fell from "Squire" to "Page".
  • : Ruguo's influence in Wintreath rose from "Page" to "Squire".
  • : Ruguo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Ruguo's influence in Wintreath fell from "Squire" to "Page".
  • : Ruguo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Safest.
  • : Ruguo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Ruguo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.
  • : Ruguo's influence in Wintreath rose from "Page" to "Squire".

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