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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 3,610thMost Rebellious Youth: 10,763rdHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 13,572nd
The Community of
Left-wing Utopia
What's our name again?
Influence
Minnow
Civil Rights
Frightening
Economy
Good
Political Freedom
Superb

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Like whatever

Population168 million

CurrencyLove
AnimalDude

The Community of Like whatever is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 168 million slackers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 62.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The chill economy, worth 10.4 trillion Loves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 61,855 Loves, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, bris parties are all the rage, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, and the tragedy of the commons is being tested nationwide but everyone says it's somebody else's problem. Crime is totally unknown. Like whatever's national animal is the Dude, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Like whatever is ranked 151,077th in the world and 2,730th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 420.09 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 3,610thMost Rebellious Youth: 10,763rdHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 13,572ndTop
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Most Compassionate Citizens: 16,592ndNicest Citizens: 17,884thMost Influential: 19,308thMost Inclusive: 20,955thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 21,253rdLargest Welfare Programs: 22,205thMost Secular: 23,644thMost Extensive Civil Rights: 24,704thMost Pacifist: 26,231stLargest Insurance Industry: 28,194th
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Most Extensive Civil Rights: 120th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 223rd in the regionTop
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 296th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 317th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 468th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 482nd in the regionNicest Citizens: 505th in the regionMost Extreme: 508th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 525th in the regionMost Secular: 528th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 543rd in the regionMost Politically Free: 546th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Like whatever, the tragedy of the commons is being tested nationwide but everyone says it's somebody else's problem.
  • : Following new legislation in Like whatever, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government.
  • : Following new legislation in Like whatever, bris parties are all the rage.
  • : Following new legislation in Like whatever, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent.
  • : Following new legislation in Like whatever, the government prides itself on being smug and condescending to idiots.
  • : Following new legislation in Like whatever, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed.
  • : Following new legislation in Like whatever, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers.
  • : Following new legislation in Like whatever, crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed.
  • : Like whatever voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Repeal "Injunct Realm of the Whispering Winds"".
  • : Following new legislation in Like whatever, access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery.

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