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Most Armed: 224thHighest Crime Rates: 250thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 256th
The Indomitable Wrath of
Compulsory Consumerist State
People are such easily exploitable resources.
The Null
Influence
Squire
Region
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

Overview Dispatches Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

The Absolute Worst

Population4.352 billion

CapitalThe Point of No Return
LeaderThe Null
FaithEconomics

Currencynightmare fuel
AnimalMind

The Indomitable Wrath of The Absolute Worst is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by The Null with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, infamous sell-swords, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.352 billion Psycopaths 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 tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Point of No Return. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Absolute Worstian economy, worth a remarkable 1,373 trillion nightmare fuels a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 315,556 nightmare fuels, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,886,391 per year while the poor average 3,735, a ratio of 772 to 1.

Online terrorists are automatically assigned adverts for cheap balaclavas, sports club owners are having a moneyball, burglary is widely regarded as the national sport, and if there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Absolute Worst's national animal is the Mind, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Economics.

The Absolute Worst is ranked 1,062nd in the world and 1st in Hell for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 70 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.

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Most Armed: 224thHighest Crime Rates: 250thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 256thMost Avoided: 279thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 318thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 318thFattest Citizens: 356thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 426thHighest Disposable Incomes: 553rdLargest Gambling Industry: 643rdLargest Retail Industry: 743rdLowest Overall Tax Burden: 750thMost Rebellious Youth: 1,062ndLargest Insurance Industry: 1,063rdLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,140thMost Pro-Market: 1,178thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1,325thRudest Citizens: 1,420thMost Efficient Economies: 1,544thMost Valuable International Artwork: 2,432ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,595thMost Corrupt Governments: 2,641stHighest Average Incomes: 2,719thTop
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Most Scientifically Advanced: 3,518thMost Secular: 3,838thLargest Mining Sector: 3,966thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 4,229thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 4,871stLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5,297thMost Subsidized Industry: 5,595thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 6,785thLargest Agricultural Sector: 8,227thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 8,966thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 9,541stLargest Information Technology Sector: 10,951stLargest Governments: 15,077thTop
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Most Patriotic: 19,212thHighest Economic Output: 26,872ndHighest Drug Use: 30,347th
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Most Avoided: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionMost Pro-Market: 1st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Armed: 2nd in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 2nd in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 2nd in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 2nd in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 3rd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 3rd in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 3rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 3rd in the regionMost Secular: 4th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 4th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 5th in the regionRudest Citizens: 5th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 5th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 5th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 5th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 6th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 6th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 6th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 6th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 7th in the regionTop
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Largest Cheese Export Sector: 9th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 9th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 11th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 11th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 12th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 15th in the regionMost Patriotic: 17th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 17th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in The Absolute Worst, if there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland.
  • : Following new legislation in The Absolute Worst, burglary is widely regarded as the national sport.
  • : Following new legislation in The Absolute Worst, sports club owners are having a moneyball.
  • : Following new legislation in The Absolute Worst, online terrorists are automatically assigned adverts for cheap balaclavas.
  • : Following new legislation in The Absolute Worst, nobody wants to know how the sausage is made.
  • : Following new legislation in The Absolute Worst, women who can do math in their head are burned for witchcraft.
  • : The Absolute Worst lodged a message on the Hell Regional Message Board.
  • : Following new legislation in The Absolute Worst, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle.
  • : Following new legislation in The Absolute Worst, many suspect that the 'Whinny The Plop' children's magazine contains covert criticism of The Null.
  • : Following new legislation in The Absolute Worst, in pet stores nationwide Minds are growing in popularity.

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