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Most Primitive: 4,288thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,811thFattest Citizens: 7,866th
The Hawkwing of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Rootspring.
Rootspring
Influence
Apprentice
Norry
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Weak
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Shadowsight

Population3.507 billion

CapitalShadowClan camp
LeaderRootspring
Faith'StarClan'

CurrencyCatnip
AnimalRootspring

The Hawkwing of Shadowsight is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rootspring with an iron fist, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, anti-smoking policies, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.507 billion Shadowsightians 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Education, although Defense, Administration, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ShadowClan camp. The average income tax rate is 59.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Shadowsightian economy, worth 105 trillion Catnips 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 30,035 Catnips, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens spend millions on microtransactions to feed virtual orphans while actual orphans starve overseas, the nation's historic treasures have been sold off to Maxtopia's "Museum of Shadowsightian Artifacts That They're Too Stupid to Appreciate", it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, and 90% of active duty SAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shadowsight's national animal is the Rootspring, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is 'StarClan'.

Shadowsight is ranked 48,457th in the world and 18th in MJT for Most Cultured, scoring 72 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Most Primitive: 4,288thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,811thFattest Citizens: 7,866thMost Ignorant Citizens: 7,939thMost Secular: 7,976thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 10,410thMost Authoritarian: 12,264thTop
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Most Primitive: 1st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 2nd in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2nd in the regionMost Secular: 2nd in the regionTop
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Most Avoided: 4th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 4th in the region
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Endorsements Received: 2 » Zhidaole and Dunsteen.

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