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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 685thMost Armed: 1,431stHighest Crime Rates: 1,860th
The Republic of
Corporate Police State
Anger reveals
Influence
Apprentice
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Swiftyshire

Population12.795 billion

CapitalCapital District
LeaderSwift Bliss
FaithBuorkhannism

Currencygem
AnimalGarfield

The Republic of Swiftyshire is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Swift Bliss with an iron fist, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 12.795 billion Swiftoes are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Industry and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital District. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Swiftyshirean economy, worth a remarkable 1,498 trillion gems a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 117,105 gems, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,056,654 per year while the poor average 1,581, a ratio of 668 to 1.

Scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Garfield, the cycle of extinction and rebirth is never ending, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, and families are only permitted to have one child. Crime is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Swiftyshire's national animal is the Garfield, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Buorkhannism.

Swiftyshire is ranked 152,606th in the world and 6th in The Empire of Friendship for Most Stationary, with 150.06002201708 days.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 685thMost Armed: 1,431stHighest Crime Rates: 1,860thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2,268thTop
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Most Avoided: 2,991stHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 3,069thFattest Citizens: 4,198thMost Secular: 4,633rdLargest Soda Pop Sector: 4,656thHighest Disposable Incomes: 5,515thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 9,054thLargest Insurance Industry: 12,088thTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 16,327thHighest Economic Output: 17,905thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 19,390thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 21,798thLargest Retail Industry: 25,775thMost Pro-Market: 26,347thLargest Gambling Industry: 26,570th

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