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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 5,030thMost Influential: 6,117thMost Cheerful Citizens: 6,493rd
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The Lawless Shores

Population3.115 billion

CapitalThe Undershores
LeaderCorsair Shadowstep
FaithThe Church of Corsair

CurrencyGold Coin
AnimalDolphin

The Rogue Nation of The Lawless Shores is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Corsair Shadowstep with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 3.115 billion Lawless Shoresians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Undershores. The average income tax rate is 81.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lawless Shoresian economy, worth 363 trillion Gold Coins 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 116,670 Gold Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework, citizens may not "love, honor and obey" anyone except the State, the working classes live and die on the fields of the farming communes, and a sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate. Crime is totally unknown. The Lawless Shores's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is The Church of Corsair.

The Lawless Shores is ranked 281,571st in the world and 3,643rd in the West Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -366.9 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 5,030thMost Influential: 6,117thMost Cheerful Citizens: 6,493rdMost Pacifist: 7,031stHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 7,044thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 7,141stMost Inclusive: 7,913thNicest Citizens: 8,922ndLargest Welfare Programs: 9,512thMost Compassionate Citizens: 9,617thLeast Corrupt Governments: 11,335thHighest Food Quality: 11,378thSafest: 11,604thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 12,114thMost Scientifically Advanced: 12,911thMost Beautiful Environments: 12,971stMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 13,233rdLargest Information Technology Sector: 13,531stMost Developed: 14,215thBest Weather: 14,312thMost Advanced Public Education: 14,312thTop
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Most Popular Tourist Destinations: 15,172ndHighest Poor Incomes: 16,340thHighest Average Tax Rates: 18,020thSmartest Citizens: 18,591stMost Cultured: 18,816thMost Rebellious Youth: 19,013thLongest Average Lifespans: 19,480thLargest Agricultural Sector: 19,919thMost Advanced Public Transport: 21,243rdMost Secular: 22,445thLargest Governments: 24,106thLargest Publishing Industry: 24,843rdMost Income Equality: 26,047thMost Subsidized Industry: 27,674th
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Most Cheerful Citizens: 107th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 115th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 120th in the regionMost Pacifist: 141st in the regionMost Inclusive: 152nd in the regionNicest Citizens: 167th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 169th in the regionMost Influential: 173rd in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 177th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 179th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 179th in the regionTop
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 204th in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 206th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 207th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 208th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 211th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 213th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 217th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 222nd in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 224th in the regionMost Developed: 232nd in the regionSafest: 232nd in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 235th in the regionBest Weather: 242nd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 248th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 264th in the regionMost Cultured: 274th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 278th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 279th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 304th in the regionLargest Governments: 316th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 318th in the regionMost Secular: 337th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 342nd in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 366th in the regionNudest: 370th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : The Lawless Shores was endorsed by The War Criminal of Dalimbar.
  • : The Lawless Shores was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential, Most World Assembly Endorsements, Highest Food Quality, Most Beautiful Environments, and Most Inclusive.
  • : Following new legislation in The Lawless Shores, a sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate.
  • : Following new legislation in The Lawless Shores, the working classes live and die on the fields of the farming communes.
  • : Following new legislation in The Lawless Shores, citizens may not "love, honor and obey" anyone except the State.
  • : Following new legislation in The Lawless Shores, the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework.
  • : Following new legislation in The Lawless Shores, people boast about their low income on their dating profiles.
  • : Following new legislation in The Lawless Shores, a firework a day does not in fact keep the doctor away.
  • : Following new legislation in The Lawless Shores, jokes told in elementary school often come back to haunt politicians.
  • : The Lawless Shores was endorsed by The Revealing Science of All Good People.

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