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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 117thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 564thLargest Black Market: 646th
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Tap-Dancing Demons

Population40.998 billion

CapitalSunnydale
LeaderSweets
FaithWhedonism

CurrencyChild Bride
AnimalVampire Slayer

The Musical Plague of Tap-Dancing Demons is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Sweets with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 40.998 billion Tap-Dancing Demonsians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sunnydale. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tap-Dancing Demonsian economy, worth a remarkable 5,727 trillion Child Brides 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Furniture Restoration, Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. 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 an impressive 139,707 Child Brides, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Panicking criminals no longer flush contraband down the toilet, the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice, the nation has declared its intention to "stretch out", and bands of paramedics walk the streets looking for suspicious medical activity. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive. Tap-Dancing Demons's national animal is the Vampire Slayer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Whedonism.

Tap-Dancing Demons is ranked 56,310th in the world and 9th in Haiku for Most Patriotic, with 24.91 flags saluted per person per day.

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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 117thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 564thLargest Black Market: 646thMost Ignorant Citizens: 711thMost Corrupt Governments: 974thMost Subsidized Industry: 1,021stLargest Populations: 1,271stMost Avoided: 1,287thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,578thFattest Citizens: 1,898thHighest Economic Output: 2,658thTop
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Highest Crime Rates: 2,869thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 3,135thMost Stationary: 5,402ndMost Influential: 5,436thMost Primitive: 6,033rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 6,374thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 6,445thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 6,644thMost Rebellious Youth: 8,931stMost Efficient Economies: 9,745thTop
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Most Advanced Public Education: 16,719thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 18,075thHighest Poor Incomes: 18,896thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 21,757thLargest Welfare Programs: 21,780thMost Beautiful Environments: 22,829thHighest Average Incomes: 26,368thLargest Mining Sector: 27,218thHighest Average Tax Rates: 27,250thLargest Governments: 27,583rd
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Most Avoided: 1st in the regionMost Influential: 1st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionLargest Populations: 1st in the regionTop
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 2nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Tap-Dancing Demons was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Crime Rates.
  • : Tap-Dancing Demons was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Avoided, Highest Crime Rates, Highest Economic Output, and Largest Black Market and the Top 5% for Most Influential.
  • : Tap-Dancing Demons was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in Tap-Dancing Demons, bands of paramedics walk the streets looking for suspicious medical activity.
  • : Following new legislation in Tap-Dancing Demons, the nation has declared its intention to "stretch out".
  • : Following new legislation in Tap-Dancing Demons, the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice.
  • : Following new legislation in Tap-Dancing Demons, panicking criminals no longer flush contraband down the toilet.
  • : Following new legislation in Tap-Dancing Demons, debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace.
  • : Tap-Dancing Demons was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Unexpected Death Rate.
  • : Following new legislation in Tap-Dancing Demons, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records.

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