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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1stHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 2ndLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5th
The Indomitable Borderlands of
Compulsory Consumerist State
The Paragon of Corporate Power and Style since 2002.
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The Grendels

Population46.342 billion

CapitalHackleburg
LeaderWarleader Yarooo

CurrencyGolden Bond
Animalthe Dire Bear

The Indomitable Borderlands of The Grendels is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Warleader Yarooo with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 46.342 billion Grendels 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, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hackleburg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Grendelsian economy, worth an astonishing 43,221 trillion Golden Bonds 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 Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Average income is a breathtaking 932,655 Golden Bonds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 8,737,488 per year while the poor average 8,368, a ratio of 1,044 to 1.

Just as students finish their homework it's time for school, peace talks occasionally rack up a higher body count than the wars they seek to stop, East Lebatuck tests its moon rovers in the barren wasteland of rural The Grendels, and only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Grendels's national animal is the the Dire Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Grendels is ranked 828th in the world and 7th in Wysteria for Most Cultured, scoring 404 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1stHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 2ndLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5thHighest Disposable Incomes: 7thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 7thHighest Economic Output: 7thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 10thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 16thLargest Populations: 17thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 18thLargest Insurance Industry: 18thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 23rdLargest Gambling Industry: 23rdHighest Average Incomes: 25thMost Avoided: 31stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 32ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 33rdMost Armed: 36thMost Efficient Economies: 41stLargest Agricultural Sector: 44thLargest Mining Sector: 47thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 48thFattest Citizens: 61stMost Scientifically Advanced: 88thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 96thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 108thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 148thHighest Crime Rates: 152ndMost Secular: 168thSmartest Citizens: 245thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 316thMost Corrupt Governments: 317thLargest Publishing Industry: 383rdLargest Retail Industry: 567thRudest Citizens: 597thLargest Information Technology Sector: 713thMost Cultured: 828thMost Valuable International Artwork: 954thTop
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Largest Governments: 3,453rdMost Rebellious Youth: 5,059thMost Influential: 6,657thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 9,137thLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 9,268thLargest Black Market: 9,711thMost Stationary: 12,289thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 15,695thMost Subsidized Industry: 16,353rdMost Pro-Market: 30,621st
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 1st in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Secular: 2nd in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 2nd in the regionMost Armed: 2nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2nd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Populations: 3rd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 3rd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 3rd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 3rd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 3rd in the regionMost Avoided: 3rd in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 3rd in the regionFattest Citizens: 3rd in the regionTop
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 4th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 4th in the regionRudest Citizens: 5th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 5th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 5th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the region

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