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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 5,704thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 11,422ndHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 18,094th
The United Socialist States of
Democratic Socialists
Workers of the world, unite!
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Apprentice
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Reasonable
Political Freedom
Below Average

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Surnissia

Population259 million

CurrencyDinar
AnimalOrangutan

The United Socialist States of Surnissia is a huge, genial nation, notable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 259 million Surnissians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Surnissian economy, worth 11.5 trillion Dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 44,491 Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Stolen Reuben sandwiches are met with detailed and thorough police investigations, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, the nation's Medal of Honour can be found as a free toy in breakfast cereal, and everyone has the equal opportunity to have their wallet stolen. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Surnissia's national animal is the Orangutan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Surnissia is ranked 216,406th in the world and 2nd in The Cortexist International for Most Primitive, scoring -85.12 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 5,704thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 11,422ndTop
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 18,094thMost Income Equality: 21,245thSafest: 27,471st
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Largest Cheese Export Sector: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Surnissia was cleansed by a Level 5 Invasion Tactical Zombie Elimination Squad from The Soviet Federative Republic of Neocortexia, killing 17 million zombies.
  • : Following new legislation in Surnissia, everyone has the equal opportunity to have their wallet stolen.
  • : Following new legislation in Surnissia, the nation's Medal of Honour can be found as a free toy in breakfast cereal.
  • : Following new legislation in Surnissia, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods.
  • : Following new legislation in Surnissia, stolen Reuben sandwiches are met with detailed and thorough police investigations.
  • : Following new legislation in Surnissia, courses in how to boil water are popular for formerly microwave-reliant Surnissians.
  • : Following new legislation in Surnissia, the nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks.
  • : Surnissia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.
  • : Following new legislation in Surnissia, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right.
  • : Following new legislation in Surnissia, the parliament building has installed a revolving door.

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