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Largest Retail Industry: 712thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1,067thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,151st
The Holy Yellow Veins of
Compulsory Consumerist State
All That Glitters
Influence
Shoeshiner
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Grennick Gold

Population15.228 billion

CapitalArgonaut Mine
LeaderPresident Aurelius M Dior

CurrencyGold Standard
AnimalGolden Hawk

The Holy Yellow Veins of Grennick Gold is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Aurelius M Dior with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, strictly enforced bedtime, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 15.228 billion Grengoldians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Argonaut Mine. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Grengoldian economy, worth a remarkable 3,528 trillion Gold Standards a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 231,705 Gold Standards, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,104,592 per year while the poor average 28,562, a ratio of 38.7 to 1.

This year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection, old folks yearn for the days when young people saw bloodthirsty death matches with their own eyes instead of through a screen, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, and fishermen take out second mortgages to afford the yearly fishing permit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Grennick Gold's national animal is the Golden Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Grennick Gold is ranked 132,796th in the world and 111th in Lands End for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.47 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Retail Industry: 712thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1,067thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,151stHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,539thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,588thMost Secular: 1,690thFattest Citizens: 1,934thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,045thTop
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Rudest Citizens: 4,309thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 4,409thMost Efficient Economies: 4,614thMost Corrupt Governments: 5,722ndLargest Mining Sector: 6,504thLargest Agricultural Sector: 7,104thLargest Gambling Industry: 7,906thLargest Publishing Industry: 11,623rdLargest Information Technology Sector: 12,271stTop
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Smartest Citizens: 16,149thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 18,468thLargest Insurance Industry: 18,919thMost Subsidized Industry: 20,086thMost Armed: 21,886thMost Cultured: 23,877thLargest Populations: 26,120thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 27,468thMost Pro-Market: 27,928thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 28,933rd
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2nd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 3rd in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 4th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 4th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 5th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 6th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 6th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 8th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 9th in the regionLargest Populations: 9th in the regionFattest Citizens: 9th in the regionTop
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Largest Mining Sector: 10th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 11th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 13th in the regionRudest Citizens: 15th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 18th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 19th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Grennick Gold, fishermen take out second mortgages to afford the yearly fishing permit.
  • : Following new legislation in Grennick Gold, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park.
  • : Following new legislation in Grennick Gold, old folks yearn for the days when young people saw bloodthirsty death matches with their own eyes instead of through a screen.
  • : Following new legislation in Grennick Gold, this year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection.
  • : Following new legislation in Grennick Gold, dessert dishes make up the Grengoldian breakfast menu.
  • : Grennick Gold was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Following new legislation in Grennick Gold, panels from bankrupt rooftop solar companies are used as props for sci-fi B-movies.
  • : Following new legislation in Grennick Gold, imprisonment is the leading cause of disownment.
  • : Following new legislation in Grennick Gold, waste is frequently shipped to other countries.
  • : Following new legislation in Grennick Gold, private digital records now come with a convenient "download" button.

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