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Most Authoritarian: 5,566thLargest Populations: 10,091stMost Income Equality: 10,374th
The Queen's State of
Psychotic Dictatorship
Dare Say We All
the Governor
Influence
Eminence Grise
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Basket Case
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Blanchekirk

Population23.743 billion

CapitalCapital Heights
Leaderthe Governor
Faithnone

Currencybetale
Animaldeer

The Queen's State of Blanchekirk is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 23.743 billion Blanchekirkians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Blanchekirkian economy, worth 318 trillion betales 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 dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Soda Sales. Average income is 13,415 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School uniforms are compulsory, returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, and drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blanchekirk's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is none.

Blanchekirk is ranked 18,294th in the world and 3rd in Nouakchott for Most Stationary, with 1,677.81787064032 days.

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Most Authoritarian: 5,566thLargest Populations: 10,091stMost Income Equality: 10,374thTop
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Most Stationary: 18,294thMost Ignorant Citizens: 21,330thHighest Average Tax Rates: 21,529thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 28,791stMost Extreme: 29,038th

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  • : Blanchekirk was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : Blanchekirk was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : Blanchekirk was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Blanchekirk was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : Blanchekirk was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : Blanchekirk's influence in Nouakchott rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Blanchekirk was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Blanchekirk's influence in Nouakchott fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".
  • : Blanchekirk was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : Blanchekirk's influence in Nouakchott rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".

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