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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,274thLargest Mining Sector: 1,482ndLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1,604th
The Purple flowers of
Moralistic Democracy
Flowers!
Influence
Apprentice
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
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Purple 10

Population10.79 billion

CapitalFlowerville
LeaderThe Purple
FaithPurple

CurrencyPetal
AnimalHoney bee

The Purple flowers of Purple 10 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Purple with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, enslaved workforce, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 10.79 billion Purple 10ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flowerville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Purple 10ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,565 trillion Petals 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. 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 237,746 Petals, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 717,531 per year while the poor average 61,375, a ratio of 11.7 to 1.

The nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts, and friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purple 10's national animal is the Honey bee, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Purple.

Purple 10 is ranked 23,791st in the world and 191st in Nerdlandia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.81 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,274thLargest Mining Sector: 1,482ndLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1,604thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,676thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2,441stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2,843rdTop
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 3,067thMost Subsidized Industry: 3,949thRudest Citizens: 7,164thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 7,632ndMost Efficient Economies: 7,754thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 8,629thNudest: 13,483rdLargest Governments: 13,605thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 14,626thTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 21,797thLowest Crime Rates: 23,791stLargest Publishing Industry: 26,056th
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Rudest Citizens: 1st in the regionTop
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Largest Gambling Industry: 4th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 5th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 13th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 14th in the regionMost Politically Free: 14th in the regionTop
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Largest Publishing Industry: 19th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 21st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 22nd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 23rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, it is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away".
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, international tensions are high as Purple 10 threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock".
  • : Purple 10 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, the sick and dying are locked in their homes with a red "X" painted on the front door.

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