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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 10,257thMost Rebellious Youth: 22,937th
The Endless Stream of
Corrupt Dictatorship
That's right - I said more spiders!
Influence
Diplomat
Civil Rights
Excellent
Economy
Good
Political Freedom
Few

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

More Spiders

Population5.975 billion

CapitalThe Dark Web
LeaderShpyder

Currencyspider
Animaltarantula

The Endless Stream of More Spiders is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Shpyder with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.975 billion Spider-lovers 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 tiny government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Dark Web. The average income tax rate is 10.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Spider-loving economy, worth 281 trillion spiders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 47,128 spiders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one is quite sure what many government officials look like, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, children's daycare starts at the crack of dawn, and children have taken to using semaphore in light of the recent mobile phone ban. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. More Spiders's national animal is the tarantula, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

More Spiders is ranked 147,619th in the world and 9th in The Sweet Ubiquity for Safest, scoring 61.08 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

Top
5%
Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 10,257thTop
10%
Most Rebellious Youth: 22,937th
Top
10%
Largest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1st in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in More Spiders, children have taken to using semaphore in light of the recent mobile phone ban.
  • : Following new legislation in More Spiders, children's daycare starts at the crack of dawn.
  • : More Spiders lodged a message on the The Sweet Ubiquity Regional Message Board.
  • : Following new legislation in More Spiders, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers.
  • : More Spiders was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Following new legislation in More Spiders, no one is quite sure what many government officials look like.
  • : Following new legislation in More Spiders, the nation is automatically assumed to be the source of all unmarked weapons.
  • : Following new legislation in More Spiders, prisoners have been known to host cooking and home décor television shows.
  • : Following new legislation in More Spiders, the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene.
  • : More Spiders's influence in The Sweet Ubiquity rose from "Envoy" to "Diplomat".

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