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Most Extreme: 9thHighest Drug Use: 233rdHighest Crime Rates: 546th
The Benevolent Utopia of
Benevolent Dictatorship
Fight for benevolence! Or else!
Influence
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Region
Civil Rights
Frightening
Economy
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Upper Northeast Corner

Population5.565 billion

CapitalSoft Tyranny
LeaderBlue Leader
FaithVague Spiritual Feelings

Currencyblue nugget
Animalblue dragon

The Benevolent Utopia of Upper Northeast Corner is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Blue Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, otherworldly petting zoo, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.565 billion Unexians 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, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, with Defense and Administration also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soft Tyranny. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Unexian economy, worth a remarkable 1,124 trillion blue nuggets a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 202,045 blue nuggets, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,453,424 per year while the poor average 9,046, a ratio of 160 to 1.

Half the Unexian Army consists of Brasilistani contractors, city sidewalks are crowded with overweight people, the military has had to quell a recent insurrection by uninsured revolutionaries, and heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera". Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Upper Northeast Corner's national animal is the blue dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Vague Spiritual Feelings.

Upper Northeast Corner is ranked 278,275th in the world and 7th in XS IV for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 351.42 on the Societal Mobility Rating.

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1%
Most Extreme: 9thHighest Drug Use: 233rdHighest Crime Rates: 546thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 737thMost Armed: 808thFattest Citizens: 902ndMost Avoided: 979thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,231stMost Extensive Civil Rights: 1,248thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,401stLargest Retail Industry: 1,542ndMost Pro-Market: 1,551stGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,728thHighest Disposable Incomes: 1,841stLowest Overall Tax Burden: 2,184thLargest Gambling Industry: 2,280thMost Rebellious Youth: 3,171stTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 4,382ndMost Ignorant Citizens: 4,567thMost Cheerful Citizens: 6,172ndLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 6,233rdMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 7,488thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 7,607thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 9,105thLargest Mining Sector: 9,937thHighest Average Incomes: 10,835thMost Subsidized Industry: 12,161stMost Corrupt Governments: 13,230thTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 17,568thNudest: 18,784thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 19,420thMost Scientifically Advanced: 24,166thLargest Agricultural Sector: 24,329thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 28,165thLargest Information Technology Sector: 28,275thMost Cultured: 31,784thHighest Economic Output: 31,828thMost Influential: 32,606th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera".
  • : Upper Northeast Corner was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, the military has had to quell a recent insurrection by uninsured revolutionaries.
  • : Upper Northeast Corner was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, city sidewalks are crowded with overweight people.
  • : Upper Northeast Corner was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, half the Unexian Army consists of Brasilistani contractors.
  • : Upper Northeast Corner was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, warning signs caution Unexians where they may fall off 'the edge of the world'.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, the only record being broken at sporting events is the highest death toll.

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