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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 589thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1,238thLargest Gambling Industry: 1,735th
The Discoverian Enclave of
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Veritaria

Population34.814 billion

CapitalVera City
LeaderPrime Minister Ford

Currencydisc
Animalowl

The Discoverian Enclave of Veritaria is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Ford with an even hand, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, sprawling nuclear power plants, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 34.814 billion Veritarians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vera City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Veritarian economy, worth a remarkable 5,189 trillion discs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 149,074 discs, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,348,938 per year while the poor average 1,961, a ratio of 687 to 1.

A niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all, and prosecutors routinely call transplant doctors as 'expert witnesses' in burglary cases. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Veritaria's national animal is the owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Veritaria is ranked 291,588th in the world and 166th in Philosophers for Lowest Crime Rates, with 17.52 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 589thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1,238thLargest Gambling Industry: 1,735thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 2,484thLargest Populations: 2,507thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,644thTop
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Largest Insurance Industry: 4,281stMost Rebellious Youth: 4,610thFattest Citizens: 6,546thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 8,184thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 10,101stTop
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Largest Retail Industry: 18,129thMost Armed: 18,222ndLargest Publishing Industry: 19,047thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 19,358thLargest Mining Sector: 22,196thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 23,184thMost Pro-Market: 27,159th
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionTop
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Largest Populations: 3rd in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 4th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 5th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 5th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 7th in the regionFattest Citizens: 8th in the regionTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 9th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 10th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 10th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 10th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 10th in the regionMost Armed: 11th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 14th in the regionRudest Citizens: 15th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 15th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 16th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 16th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 17th in the region

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