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Most Valuable International Artwork: 73rdHighest Crime Rates: 512thLargest Gambling Industry: 690th
The Roll of
Benevolent Dictatorship
Just Stick With It
Attus Volla
Influence
Minnow
Civil Rights
Excellent
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Tape

Population5.244 billion

CapitalAloria
LeaderAttus Volla
FaithVioletism

CurrencyCards
AnimalSticky Snakes

The Roll of Tape is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Attus Volla with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.244 billion Tapeians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Healthcare and Administration are also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aloria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tapeian economy, worth 971 trillion Cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 185,211 Cards, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,290,694 per year while the poor average 9,214, a ratio of 140 to 1.

The nation's cuisine is the laughing stock of The North Pacific, court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, the first step in medical triage is determining the patient's insurance details, and vehicular manslaughter is apparently a victimless crime. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Tape's national animal is the Sticky Snakes, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Violetism.

Tape is ranked 89,217th in the world and 1,306th in The North Pacific for Most Stationary, with 508.94482705288 days.

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Most Valuable International Artwork: 73rdHighest Crime Rates: 512thLargest Gambling Industry: 690thMost Armed: 711thMost Avoided: 892ndHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,230thFattest Citizens: 1,345thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,419thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,661stLargest Retail Industry: 1,711thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,867thHighest Disposable Incomes: 2,343rdRudest Citizens: 2,385thTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 3,161stMost Subsidized Industry: 3,725thHighest Drug Use: 4,433rdMost Rebellious Youth: 4,703rdNudest: 5,036thMost Corrupt Governments: 6,758thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 8,130thHighest Average Incomes: 12,633rdMost Influential: 13,777thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 14,893rdTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 15,264thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 16,712thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 18,026thMost Secular: 19,635thMost Scientifically Advanced: 22,593rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 24,516thMost Ignorant Citizens: 25,581stMost Pro-Market: 27,505th
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 11th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 18th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 20th in the regionMost Armed: 23rd in the regionMost Avoided: 28th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 34th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 36th in the regionFattest Citizens: 40th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 43rd in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 43rd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 68th in the regionTop
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Highest Drug Use: 74th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 87th in the regionRudest Citizens: 88th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 104th in the regionNudest: 117th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 137th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 147th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 148th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 178th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 224th in the regionTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 373rd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 376th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 407th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 430th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 433rd in the regionLargest Black Market: 462nd in the regionMost Secular: 662nd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 671st in the region

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