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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 243rdLargest Gambling Industry: 270thHighest Crime Rates: 303rd
The Dimly Lit Dreams of
Compulsory Consumerist State
Sway in the moonlight, dance in the dark
Influence
Apprentice
Region
Civil Rights
Very Good
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Strawberry Moon

Population2.426 billion

LeaderDracula

Currencygold bar
Animalbat

The Dimly Lit Dreams of Strawberry Moon is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Dracula with an iron fist, and renowned for its lack of airports, frequent executions, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 2.426 billion Strawberry Moonians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Strawberry Moonian economy, worth 497 trillion gold bars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 204,901 gold bars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,883,578 per year while the poor average 2,302, a ratio of 818 to 1.

The police are destroying all photographic evidence of their own existence, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, discarded pennies litter the streets, and takeaway food bought on the weekend now comes with fifty percent more sweat and tears. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Strawberry Moon's national animal is the bat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Strawberry Moon is ranked 17,618th in the world and 42nd in Horizon for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,266.41 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 243rdLargest Gambling Industry: 270thHighest Crime Rates: 303rdHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 405thMost Armed: 455thMost Avoided: 507thFattest Citizens: 539thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 624thHighest Drug Use: 646thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 659thMost Pro-Market: 864thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,300thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,349thMost Ignorant Citizens: 1,479thLargest Retail Industry: 1,533rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 1,633rdMost Valuable International Artwork: 1,798thMost Primitive: 1,853rdMost Rebellious Youth: 1,865thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,021stRudest Citizens: 2,091stTop
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Largest Basket Weaving Sector: 3,989thMost Secular: 5,399thLargest Mining Sector: 6,129thMost Efficient Economies: 6,870thMost Corrupt Governments: 6,983rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 7,366thLargest Agricultural Sector: 8,424thHighest Average Incomes: 10,512thMost Cultured: 11,571stTop
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Largest Insurance Industry: 17,618thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 17,628thLargest Publishing Industry: 20,670thMost Subsidized Industry: 21,015thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 26,892nd
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1st in the regionFattest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2nd in the regionMost Pro-Market: 2nd in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 2nd in the regionMost Stationary: 2nd in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Primitive: 2nd in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 3rd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3rd in the regionRudest Citizens: 3rd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 3rd in the regionHighest Drug Use: 4th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 4th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 4th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 7th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 8th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 8th in the regionTop
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Most Secular: 10th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 11th in the regionMost Influential: 17th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 19th in the regionMost Cultured: 19th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 21st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 23rd in the regionLargest Black Market: 29th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 30th in the regionNudest: 33rd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 33rd in the regionTop
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Largest Insurance Industry: 42nd in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 45th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 49th in the regionLargest Populations: 51st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 72nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, takeaway food bought on the weekend now comes with fifty percent more sweat and tears.
  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, discarded pennies litter the streets.
  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit.
  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, the police are destroying all photographic evidence of their own existence.
  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct.
  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army.
  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, you're only as old as you feel.
  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, if there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland.
  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, fifty years of pension funds can disappear in half a second.
  • : Following new legislation in Strawberry Moon, rioting and unrest sweep the nation.

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