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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 5,320thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 12,911thMost Rebellious Youth: 15,637th
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Stokstaak

Population843 million

CapitalPeupert

CurrencySteg
AnimalDimetrodon

The Commonwealth of Stokstaak is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 843 million Stokstaakers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Peupert. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Stokstaaker economy, worth 41.8 trillion Stegs a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,601 Stegs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, Violet blesses the rains down in Tushto, Stokstaak has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and Leader has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stokstaak's national animal is the Dimetrodon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Stokstaak is ranked 76,821st in the world and 4th in Tushto for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,298.61 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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Most Rebellious Youth: 15,637thMost Advanced Public Transport: 23,785thLargest Welfare Programs: 23,999th
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Most Cultured: 2nd in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 2nd in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 2nd in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 2nd in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 2nd in the regionLargest Governments: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, Leader has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw.
  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, Stokstaak has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories.
  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, Violet blesses the rains down in Tushto.
  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security.
  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, music award shows include surprise polygraph segments.
  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, video game protagonists bear striking resemblances to major political figures.
  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, failed genetic experiments wreak havoc as they roam the countryside.
  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours.
  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, the traditional Violetist dish of stuffed sheep's head is served with an intense look of shock upon its face.
  • : Following new legislation in Stokstaak, bins outnumber trees in city parks.

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