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The Socialist Kingdom of
Corporate Police State
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Shoeshiner
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Huks Gares

Population16.248 billion

CapitalYggdrassil
LeaderIsaac
FaithAthyism

CurrencyGold Bar
AnimalBat

The Socialist Kingdom of Huks Gares is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Isaac with an iron fist, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, smutty television, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 16.248 billion Hukians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Huks Garsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,759 trillion Gold Bars a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Gambling, Retail, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 108,282 Gold Bars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 531,351 per year while the poor average 12,629, a ratio of 42.1 to 1.

All prisons have been eliminated, you can be fired for dyeing grey hairs, the new intercity submarine SSN Bat Warrior instills terror in claustrophobic travellers, and perverts across the land rejoice after 'sexual harassment' was recently renamed 'persuasive courting'. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Huks Gares's national animal is the Bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Athyism.

Huks Gares is ranked 6,194th in the world and 13th in United Kingdom for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 13,242.71 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.

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Most Avoided: 3,191stNudest: 3,807thHighest Crime Rates: 3,914thLargest Black Market: 4,748thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 6,194thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 7,116thMost Secular: 7,361stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 8,381stMost Advanced Public Education: 8,460thMost Corrupt Governments: 10,542ndTop
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Highest Economic Output: 16,526thMost Efficient Economies: 18,076thHighest Average Tax Rates: 18,292ndMost Developed: 21,927thLongest Average Lifespans: 23,058thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 23,594thLargest Populations: 26,133rdMost Conservative: 30,254th
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 3rd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Black Market: 4th in the regionNudest: 4th in the regionTop
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Largest Gambling Industry: 5th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 5th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 6th in the regionMost Avoided: 8th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 13th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 13th in the regionMost Secular: 14th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 15th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 18th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 20th in the regionTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 26th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 32nd in the regionMost Conservative: 34th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 34th in the regionMost Extreme: 34th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 34th in the regionLargest Populations: 36th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 38th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 39th in the region

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