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Least Corrupt Governments: 2,966thMost Secular: 3,535thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,564th
The Exceedingly Chill Locale of
Left-wing Utopia
Love Will Steer The Stars
the Oracle
Influence
Page
Civil Rights
Superb
Economy
Strong
Political Freedom
Superb

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Aquarii

Population2.45 billion

CapitalApollopolis
Leaderthe Oracle
Faithveganism

Currencysmooch
Animalelectric eel

The Exceedingly Chill Locale of Aquarii is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the Oracle with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.45 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, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Apollopolis. The average income tax rate is 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Aquariian economy, worth 184 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 highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming and Book Publishing. Average income is 75,286 smooches, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Living well is no longer the best kind of revenge, organ donation is compulsory, former gun owners are finding that brandishing paintball guns isn't as satisfying as the real thing, and The Oracle claims no responsibility for what The Oracle's government does. 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 262,561st in the world and 3,430th in the West Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -199.29 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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Least Corrupt Governments: 2,966thMost Secular: 3,535thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,564thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 3,879thMost Pacifist: 4,729thSafest: 5,209thLargest Welfare Programs: 5,330thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 5,677thMost Influential: 6,313thMost Compassionate Citizens: 7,422ndNicest Citizens: 7,915thBest Weather: 8,458thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 9,761stMost Beautiful Environments: 10,130thHighest Average Tax Rates: 11,009thMost Inclusive: 11,214thMost Advanced Public Education: 13,163rdMost Advanced Public Transport: 13,777thTop
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Highest Food Quality: 15,170thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 15,205thLongest Average Lifespans: 17,917thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 19,189thSmartest Citizens: 19,199thHealthiest Citizens: 21,082ndLargest Governments: 25,240thMost Cultured: 27,449th
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Least Corrupt Governments: 56th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 60th in the regionMost Secular: 61st in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 63rd in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 90th in the regionSafest: 105th in the regionMost Pacifist: 108th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 146th in the regionNicest Citizens: 151st in the regionBest Weather: 161st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 168th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 170th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 179th in the regionMost Influential: 180th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 182nd in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Public Education: 201st in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 222nd in the regionMost Inclusive: 222nd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 246th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 261st in the regionHighest Food Quality: 269th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 293rd in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 294th in the regionNudest: 295th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 318th in the regionLargest Governments: 329th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 330th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Aquarii was endorsed by The War Criminal of Dalimbar.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, The Oracle claims no responsibility for what The Oracle's government does.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, former gun owners are finding that brandishing paintball guns isn't as satisfying as the real thing.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, organ donation is compulsory.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, living well is no longer the best kind of revenge.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park.
  • : Aquarii was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential, Most World Assembly Endorsements, Highest Foreign Aid Spending, Most Advanced Public Education, and Most Inclusive.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, prison visits increase substantially during election years.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, one does not simply walk into the tundra.

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