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Most Valuable International Artwork: 1,179thMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,267thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,426th
The Socialist Kingdom of
Moralistic Democracy
Moon, Friendship, NationStates, Brains
Influence
Minnow
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Average

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Huks Gares

Population15.033 billion

CapitalYggdrassil
LeaderIsaac
FaithAthyism

CurrencyGold Bar
AnimalBat

The Socialist Kingdom of Huks Gares is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Isaac with an even hand, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 15.033 billion Hukians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt 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 83.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Huks Garsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,694 trillion Gold Bars 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 Information Technology, Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. 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 112,706 Gold Bars, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

It is rumoured that Isaac uses a magic 8-ball to make policy decisions, the diplomatic corps stinks, the country is rumored to be a Brancalandian puppet state, and retirement homes are filled with foreign war criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. 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 280,989th in the world and 290th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Most Cultured, scoring 57 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Most Valuable International Artwork: 1,179thMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,267thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,426thNudest: 2,641stMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,680thTop
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Largest Black Market: 4,834thMost Avoided: 4,836thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 7,542ndMost Secular: 7,624thLargest Welfare Programs: 9,893rdMost Advanced Public Education: 10,008thLargest Gambling Industry: 13,312thMost Corrupt Governments: 14,664thHighest Economic Output: 15,316thTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 15,344thHighest Average Tax Rates: 15,376thLongest Average Lifespans: 17,666thMost Efficient Economies: 18,323rdMost Developed: 19,458thLargest Populations: 26,460th
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Most Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionNudest: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 2nd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the regionMost Avoided: 3rd in the regionTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 5th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 7th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 8th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 9th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 12th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 12th in the regionMost Secular: 14th in the regionLargest Populations: 14th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 15th in the regionTop
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Largest Welfare Programs: 16th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 18th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 18th in the regionRudest Citizens: 20th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Huks Gares was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry and Highest Economic Output.
  • : Huks Gares was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Huks Gares was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.
  • : Huks Gares was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Huks Gares was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.
  • : Huks Gares was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.
  • : Huks Gares's influence in The Order of the Grey Wardens rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
  • : Huks Gares was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Gambling Industry.
  • : Following new legislation in Huks Gares, retirement homes are filled with foreign war criminals.
  • : Following new legislation in Huks Gares, the country is rumored to be a Brancalandian puppet state.

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