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Lowest Crime Rates: 1,718thSafest: 1,721stMost Pacifist: 1,938th
The Dominion of
Corrupt Dictatorship
All For The Greater Good.
Influence
Squire
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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The Dezreik

Population11.911 billion

CapitalBeornisgate
Leader'Ursa Major' Wheldrake
FaithScience

CurrencyBob
AnimalBear

The Dominion of The Dezreik is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by 'Ursa Major' Wheldrake with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The compassionate, cynical population of 11.911 billion Dezreikians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beornisgate. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Dezreikian economy, worth a remarkable 2,360 trillion Bobs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 198,210 Bobs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feeling like a winner comes at a price, visiting the best Dezreikian restaurants requires keeping a visa on file, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and cub scouts are being asked to hand in their woggles as the state withdraws funding for scouting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Dezreik's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Science.

The Dezreik is ranked 1,718th in the world and 2nd in International Democratic Union for Lowest Crime Rates, with 150.39 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Lowest Crime Rates: 1,718thSafest: 1,721stMost Pacifist: 1,938thMost Developed: 2,145thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 2,229thHighest Average Tax Rates: 2,337thMost Inclusive: 2,441stMost Advanced Public Education: 2,489thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 2,506thMost Secular: 2,610thLargest Information Technology Sector: 2,738thMost Beautiful Environments: 2,776thLongest Average Lifespans: 2,797thBest Weather: 2,904thLargest Governments: 2,964thLargest Welfare Programs: 2,969thTop
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 3,206thSmartest Citizens: 3,317thMost Compassionate Citizens: 3,424thHealthiest Citizens: 3,455thMost Advanced Public Transport: 3,822ndNicest Citizens: 3,978thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4,021stHighest Food Quality: 4,025thHighest Poor Incomes: 4,065thMost Scientifically Advanced: 4,123rdMost Valuable International Artwork: 5,321stLargest Agricultural Sector: 7,933rdMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 8,646thHighest Economic Output: 9,827thHighest Average Incomes: 10,315thMost Efficient Economies: 11,620thMost Stationary: 12,422ndTop
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Most Subsidized Industry: 17,451stMost Influential: 17,528thMost Income Equality: 26,370thMost Cultured: 28,779thLargest Publishing Industry: 29,594th
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 2nd in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 2nd in the regionMost Developed: 3rd in the regionSafest: 3rd in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 3rd in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 3rd in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 3rd in the regionLargest Governments: 3rd in the regionMost Secular: 4th in the regionMost Pacifist: 4th in the regionTop
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Healthiest Citizens: 5th in the regionMost Inclusive: 5th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 5th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 6th in the regionBest Weather: 6th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 6th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 6th in the regionNicest Citizens: 7th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 7th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 7th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 7th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 7th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 9th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 9th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in The Dezreik, cub scouts are being asked to hand in their woggles as the state withdraws funding for scouting.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dezreik, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dezreik, visiting the best Dezreikian restaurants requires keeping a visa on file.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dezreik, feeling like a winner comes at a price.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dezreik, brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods.
  • : The Dezreik was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Welfare Programs.
  • : The Dezreik was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Governments and the Top 10% for Most Cultured.
  • : The Dezreik was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Publishing Industry.
  • : The Dezreik was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dezreik, children are shocked to find others "just like them" when they are taken out of the forest.

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