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Highest Poor Incomes: 305thLargest Black Market: 481stLargest Cheese Export Sector: 509th
The Layaqua of
Father Knows Best State
You sink down, you drown. Swim up, and stay afloat...
The Grand Layaq Council
Influence
Shoeshiner
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Pioneer Pool

Population12.1 billion

CapitalThe Lane Pools
LeaderThe Grand Layaq Council
FaithLife Guardiasm

CurrencyLayaq Flimnya
AnimalSwimming Instructor

The Layaqua of Pioneer Pool is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by The Grand Layaq Council with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 12.1 billion Layaqs are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Lane Pools. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Layaq economy, worth a remarkable 5,771 trillion Layaq Flimnyas 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 476,963 Layaq Flimnyas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, a fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion, when flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!", and the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces. Crime is totally unknown. Pioneer Pool's national animal is the Swimming Instructor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Life Guardiasm.

Pioneer Pool is ranked 157,677th in the world and 890th in Europe for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 53.78 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.

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Highest Poor Incomes: 305thLargest Black Market: 481stLargest Cheese Export Sector: 509thLargest Retail Industry: 554thHighest Average Incomes: 615thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 628thLargest Information Technology Sector: 811thLargest Agricultural Sector: 817thMost Subsidized Industry: 977thMost Inclusive: 995thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1,221stMost World Assembly Endorsements: 1,231stMost Efficient Economies: 1,379thLargest Welfare Programs: 1,407thMost Advanced Public Education: 1,510thMost Beautiful Environments: 1,641stMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,747thHighest Food Quality: 1,758thMost Influential: 1,809thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2,020thLargest Governments: 2,149thMost Rebellious Youth: 2,453rdHighest Economic Output: 2,740thHighest Average Tax Rates: 2,816thMost Corrupt Governments: 3,038thTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 3,216thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,226thSmartest Citizens: 3,402ndMost Valuable International Artwork: 3,802ndMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 3,897thMost Cultured: 4,266thMost Armed: 4,448thMost Cheerful Citizens: 4,546thBest Weather: 4,671stMost Scientifically Advanced: 4,811thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 6,434thNicest Citizens: 6,737thLargest Gambling Industry: 6,915thMost Compassionate Citizens: 7,341stMost Patriotic: 7,957thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 8,035thRudest Citizens: 8,963rdLargest Publishing Industry: 11,135thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 14,827thMost Secular: 14,955thMost Developed: 15,044thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 15,407thTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 17,133rd
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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 6th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 7th in the regionLargest Black Market: 8th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 9th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 11th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 11th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 11th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 14th in the regionTop
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 18th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 18th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 20th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 22nd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 25th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 25th in the regionMost Inclusive: 28th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 30th in the regionMost Armed: 31st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 37th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 38th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 39th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 42nd in the regionLargest Governments: 43rd in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 47th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 48th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 50th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 53rd in the regionMost Patriotic: 58th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 66th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 77th in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 80th in the regionMost Cultured: 83rd in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 87th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 87th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 93rd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 95th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 96th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 99th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 112th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 113th in the regionRudest Citizens: 124th in the regionBest Weather: 125th in the region

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