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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 2ndMost Advanced Public Transport: 5thLargest Black Market: 21st
The Kurosite People's Republic of
Psychotic Dictatorship
Better to be hated than to be scorned by ants
Influence
Powerbroker
Governor
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Dra-pol

Population46.659 billion

CapitalDa'Khiem
LeaderDirector Hotan
FaithKurosite Thought

Currencyunits of manifest labour
AnimalDrapoel shoveler

The Kurosite People's Republic of Dra-pol is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Director Hotan with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 46.659 billion Drapoel 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Healthcare, Social Policy, and Education also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Da'Khiem. The income tax rate is 100%.

The all-consuming Drapoel economy, worth an astonishing 26,780 trillion units of manifest labours 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, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. 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 a breathtaking 573,964 units of manifest labours, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, the moral worth of national allies is judged by their GDP, foreign governments are threatened if they so much as mention the word "election", and the entire entry for Dra-pol in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Dra-pol's national animal is the Drapoel shoveler, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kurosite Thought.

Dra-pol is ranked 340,117th in the world and 10th in A Modern World for Most Pacifist, with 1.6 cheeks turned per day.

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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 2ndMost Advanced Public Transport: 5thLargest Black Market: 21stMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 24thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 27thHighest Economic Output: 59thHighest Poor Incomes: 96thLargest Welfare Programs: 104thHighest Average Tax Rates: 122ndLargest Governments: 124thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 171stMost Subsidized Industry: 175thHighest Average Incomes: 282ndLargest Manufacturing Sector: 289thMost Patriotic: 295thLargest Populations: 377thMost Advanced Public Education: 532ndMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 673rdMost Corrupt Governments: 808thLowest Crime Rates: 847thLongest Average Lifespans: 1,130thSmartest Citizens: 2,752ndLargest Mining Sector: 2,960thTop
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 5,284thMost Influential: 5,862ndMost Developed: 6,301stMost Inclusive: 7,149thMost Authoritarian: 10,689thHealthiest Citizens: 11,688thMost Scientifically Advanced: 12,620thMost Secular: 13,396thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 20,661stLargest Information Technology Sector: 21,267thMost Conservative: 24,440thMost Beautiful Environments: 24,705thMost Income Equality: 30,037th
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Conservative: 1st in the regionMost Influential: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionMost Patriotic: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1st in the regionMost Extreme: 1st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1st in the regionLargest Governments: 1st in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Dra-pol, the entire entry for Dra-pol in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'.
  • : Dra-pol's influence in A Modern World rose from "Sprat" to "Powerbroker".
  • : Dra-pol relocated from Lazarus to A Modern World.
  • : Dra-pol was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : Dra-pol ceased to exist in A Modern World.
  • : Dra-pol was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Dead.
  • : Dra-pol was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Survivors and Most Zombies and the Top 5% for Most Dead.
  • : Dra-pol was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Smartest Citizens and Largest Mining Sector.
  • : Dra-pol was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Dra-pol lodged a message on the A Modern World Regional Message Board.

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