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Largest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2,527thFattest Citizens: 2,744thLargest Gambling Industry: 2,798th
The Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat of
Compulsory Consumerist State
Solitary, Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Thomas Hobbes
Influence
Nipper
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Poskukune

Population6.412 billion

CapitalPoskukune
LeaderThomas Hobbes
FaithHobbesian

CurrencyPaskali
AnimalSumatran Tiger

The Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat of Poskukune is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Thomas Hobbes with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, aversion to nipples, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.412 billion Poskukunese are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Poskukune. The average income tax rate is 7.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Poskukunean economy, worth 795 trillion Paskalis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 124,138 Paskalis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Dealers go from pushing drugs to pushing up daisies, college-level writing classes are taught by undergraduate editors of the school newspaper, foreign converts are illuminated by both missionaries and helicopter searchlights, and motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Poskukune's national animal is the Sumatran Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Hobbesian.

Poskukune is ranked 283,428th in the world and 84th in Callista for Highest Food Quality, scoring 5.26 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

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Largest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2,527thFattest Citizens: 2,744thLargest Gambling Industry: 2,798thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,872ndTop
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Largest Retail Industry: 3,577thHighest Crime Rates: 3,634thMost Avoided: 4,004thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,386thHighest Disposable Incomes: 5,145thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 13,820thTop
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Largest Insurance Industry: 14,919thMost Secular: 19,507thLargest Mining Sector: 23,696th
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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 2nd in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 3rd in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 3rd in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 3rd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 4th in the regionMost Avoided: 4th in the regionTop
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Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 7th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 9th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 9th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Poskukune was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Information Technology Sector.
  • : Poskukune changed its national faith to "Hobbesian", its leader to "Thomas Hobbes", its motto to "Solitary, Nasty, Brutish, and Short", and its nation type to "Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat".
  • : Poskukune altered its national flag.
  • : Poskukune lodged a message on the Callista Regional Message Board.
  • : Poskukune lodged a message on the Callista Regional Message Board.
  • : Poskukune lodged a message on the Callista Regional Message Board.
  • : Poskukune lodged a message on the Callista Regional Message Board.
  • : Following new legislation in Poskukune, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours.
  • : Following new legislation in Poskukune, foreign converts are illuminated by both missionaries and helicopter searchlights.
  • : Following new legislation in Poskukune, college-level writing classes are taught by undergraduate editors of the school newspaper.

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