by Max Barry

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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 5,720thMost Income Equality: 14,927thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 18,856th
The People's Republic of
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The Southern Great Lakes

Population169 million

CurrencyDollar
AnimalLake Sturgeon

The People's Republic of The Southern Great Lakes is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, democratic population of 169 million Southern Great Lakers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Southern Great Laker economy, worth 7.10 trillion Dollars 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is 42,008 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation has gained millions of new citizens overnight, sleazy politicians exploit the Parliamentary Code of Conduct to purge their rivals, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, and one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Southern Great Lakes's national animal is the Lake Sturgeon, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Southern Great Lakes is ranked 14,927th in the world and 271st in the West Pacific for Most Income Equality, scoring 84.13 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 5,720thMost Income Equality: 14,927thTop
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 18,856thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 20,342ndMost Secular: 20,977thLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 21,387thMost Inclusive: 22,266thNicest Citizens: 22,863rdMost Compassionate Citizens: 24,028thHighest Average Tax Rates: 24,366thLargest Welfare Programs: 25,476thSafest: 26,649th
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 194th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 229th in the regionMost Income Equality: 271st in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 272nd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 287th in the regionMost Secular: 308th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 313th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 332nd in the regionMost Inclusive: 374th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man.
  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques.
  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, sleazy politicians exploit the Parliamentary Code of Conduct to purge their rivals.
  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, the nation has gained millions of new citizens overnight.
  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, the might of the nation's military are undertaking a long march to colonisation in Brasilistan.
  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, the nation's air missiles have killed thousands of Brasilistan military personnel.
  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting.
  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population.
  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan.
  • : Following new legislation in The Southern Great Lakes, Southern Great Laker Standard Vodka is the only drink that bars stock.

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