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Nudest: 397thHighest Drug Use: 785thHighest Crime Rates: 954th
The Free Land of
Corporate Bordello
If you want it, you can do it
Influence
Minnow
Civil Rights
Excellent
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Excessive

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Murder and Arson

Population972 million

CapitalOuthouse in the middle of nowhere
LeaderBob

CurrencyBottlecaps
Animalemu

The Free Land of Murder and Arson is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Bob with a fair hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 972 million Murder and Arsonians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Outhouse in the middle of nowhere. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Murder and Arsonian economy, worth 88.6 trillion Bottlecaps a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 91,113 Bottlecaps, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 422,321 per year while the poor average 11,836, a ratio of 35.7 to 1.

Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, politicians are fired for opening subjective statements with "I believe", refugees from other nations are flocking to Murder and Arson's border, and Maxxmas is colloquially known as Zombie Day. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Murder and Arson's national animal is the emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Murder and Arson is ranked 57,234th in the world and 18,136th in Chicken overlords for Most Extreme, scoring 30.01 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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Nudest: 397thHighest Drug Use: 785thHighest Crime Rates: 954thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,102ndHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,320thRudest Citizens: 1,836thMost Avoided: 1,847thFattest Citizens: 2,004thMost Armed: 2,238thTop
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Largest Retail Industry: 3,244thMost Rebellious Youth: 4,023rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 12,683rdHighest Wealthy Incomes: 14,251stTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 15,961stMost Inclusive: 16,749thMost Politically Free: 27,496thMost Pro-Market: 29,950th
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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionNudest: 1st in the regionHighest Drug Use: 3rd in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 4th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 6th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 6th in the regionMost Avoided: 7th in the regionRudest Citizens: 7th in the regionFattest Citizens: 7th in the regionMost Armed: 8th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 8th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 19th in the regionMost Inclusive: 28th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 29th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 33rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 48th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 54th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 59th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 61st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 65th in the regionLargest Black Market: 74th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 81st in the regionMost Devout: 87th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 87th in the regionMost Cultured: 97th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 100th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 136th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 153rd in the regionTop
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Largest Governments: 312th in the regionMost Conservative: 411th in the regionMost Average: 445th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 503rd in the regionMost Authoritarian: 556th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 740th in the regionMost Developed: 899th in the regionTop
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Most Income Equality: 1,277th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, Maxxmas is colloquially known as Zombie Day.
  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, refugees from other nations are flocking to Murder and Arson's border.
  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, politicians are fired for opening subjective statements with "I believe".
  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity.
  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, half of the nation's import/export industry is run from a location known only as 'Dead Man's Cove'.
  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, Bob is quite hard to get a hold of.
  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects.
  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, the 'no-coal' transition is being paid for in slashed student support funds.
  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have.
  • : Following new legislation in Murder and Arson, body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms.

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