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Least Corrupt Governments: 2,263rdHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,019thMost Secular: 3,036th
The Exceedingly Chill Locale of
Left-wing Utopia
Love Will Steer The Stars
the Oracle
Influence
Page
Civil Rights
Superb
Economy
Thriving
Political Freedom
Superb

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Aquarii

Population3.525 billion

CapitalApollopolis
Leaderthe Oracle
Faithveganism

Currencysmooch
Animalelectric eel

The Exceedingly Chill Locale of Aquarii is a massive, genial nation, ruled by the Oracle with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.525 billion Aquariians 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 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 Apollopolis. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Aquariian economy, worth 303 trillion smooches a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 86,190 smooches, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All recreational drugs are legal, they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop), offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield, and 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aquarii's national animal is the electric eel, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is veganism.

Aquarii is ranked 18,925th in the world and 342nd in the West Pacific for Most Income Equality, scoring 80.27 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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Least Corrupt Governments: 2,263rdHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,019thMost Secular: 3,036thTop
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 3,368thLargest Welfare Programs: 3,696thMost Pacifist: 3,741stSafest: 4,378thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 4,664thMost Compassionate Citizens: 5,511thMost Influential: 5,557thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 5,718thNicest Citizens: 5,888thBest Weather: 5,979thMost Advanced Public Education: 7,128thMost Beautiful Environments: 7,580thMost Inclusive: 8,839thHighest Average Tax Rates: 9,788thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 10,791stHighest Food Quality: 11,605thLongest Average Lifespans: 13,370thMost Advanced Public Transport: 14,190thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 14,873rdMost Cheerful Citizens: 15,476thTop
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Smartest Citizens: 16,566thHealthiest Citizens: 17,508thMost Income Equality: 18,925thMost Rebellious Youth: 19,564thMost Cultured: 20,214thLargest Governments: 23,426thLargest Information Technology Sector: 24,158thMost Scientifically Advanced: 29,470thHighest Poor Incomes: 29,498th
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 46th in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 47th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 52nd in the regionMost Secular: 56th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 59th in the regionMost Pacifist: 84th in the regionSafest: 87th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 94th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 108th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 108th in the regionNicest Citizens: 115th in the regionBest Weather: 123rd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 137th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 141st in the regionMost Inclusive: 163rd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 169th in the regionMost Influential: 177th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 186th in the regionTop
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Highest Food Quality: 202nd in the regionHighest Drug Use: 204th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 216th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 216th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 220th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 230th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 249th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 253rd in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 260th in the regionLargest Governments: 268th in the regionNudest: 275th in the regionMost Cultured: 280th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 314th in the regionMost Income Equality: 342nd in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 366th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 366th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 370th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Aquarii was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Cheerful Citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop).
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, all recreational drugs are legal.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, the police strictly enforce off-limit zones for tourists.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order.

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