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Most Subsidized Industry: 310thMost Ignorant Citizens: 434thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 481st
The Dominion of
Iron Fist Consumerists
Hydra controls the hydroreactive
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Civil Rights
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Economy
Frightening
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Hydroreactive

Population17.833 billion

CapitalHydra HQ
LeaderBaron Wolfgang von Strucker
FaithHydra

CurrencyHydra's Hydrogen
AnimalHail Hydra

The Dominion of Hydroreactive is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, infamous sell-swords, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.833 billion Hydroreactives are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hydra HQ. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Hydroreactivean economy, worth a remarkable 4,074 trillion Hydra's Hydrogens 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 Retail, Soda Sales, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. 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 amazing 228,483 Hydra's Hydrogens, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 658,858 per year while the poor average 62,899, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance, animated characters are allowed to stab each other but not hold hands, and oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hydroreactive's national animal is the Hail Hydra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Hydra.

Hydroreactive is ranked 20,992nd in the world and 1st in Esquarium for Most Stationary, with 1,577.5211778858 days.

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Most Subsidized Industry: 310thMost Ignorant Citizens: 434thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 481stMost Corrupt Governments: 779thLargest Black Market: 810thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1,089thMost Avoided: 1,110thLargest Retail Industry: 1,127thFattest Citizens: 1,175thMost Devout: 1,763rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,917thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,656thTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 3,100thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 3,156thHighest Economic Output: 4,614thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,635thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 5,007thMost Advanced Public Transport: 6,109thHighest Average Incomes: 6,929thLargest Governments: 7,226thHighest Average Tax Rates: 8,070thNudest: 8,623rdRudest Citizens: 9,556thLargest Mining Sector: 9,563rdMost Influential: 10,434thTop
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Largest Publishing Industry: 18,172ndLargest Welfare Programs: 18,661stLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 19,547thLargest Populations: 19,938thMost Stationary: 20,992nd

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Hydroreactive, oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires.
  • : Following new legislation in Hydroreactive, animated characters are allowed to stab each other but not hold hands.
  • : Following new legislation in Hydroreactive, the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance.
  • : Following new legislation in Hydroreactive, mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined.
  • : Following new legislation in Hydroreactive, the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem".
  • : Following new legislation in Hydroreactive, heroes long thought dead are promptly killed upon their return.
  • : Hydroreactive was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
  • : Following new legislation in Hydroreactive, soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers.
  • : Hydroreactive was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Father Knows Best State".
  • : Following new legislation in Hydroreactive, women no longer need to pepper conversations with incessant references to fictitious husbands.

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