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Most Valuable International Artwork: 443rdMost World Assembly Endorsements: 1,190thMost Influential: 2,123rd
The Sovereign Orbital Vessel of
Psychotic Dictatorship Communist Dictatorship
Gravity is not as indiscriminate as people often think.
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Truckler
Vizier of Community Affairs
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Civil Rights
Few
Economy
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Political Freedom
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Cretanja

Population12.796 billion

CapitalCretanja
LeaderRosnja Sensata
FaithSensata Reverence

CurrencyCretnote
AnimalOwl

The Sovereign Orbital Vessel of Cretanja is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rosnja Sensata with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 12.796 billion Cretanjans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cretanja. The average income tax rate is 90.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cretanjan economy, worth a remarkable 1,499 trillion Cretnotes 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 117,197 Cretnotes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pro-democracy protesters are shot on sight by state police, families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, all guns must be registered, and soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cretanja's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Sensata Reverence.

Cretanja is ranked 41,649th in the world and 2,073rd in Osiris for Safest, scoring 105.12 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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Healthiest Citizens: 5,139thBest Weather: 6,117thMost Advanced Public Education: 7,755thMost Inclusive: 8,995thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 9,021stMost Beautiful Environments: 9,432ndHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 9,813thLargest Information Technology Sector: 9,976thSmartest Citizens: 10,321stMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 10,524thLargest Publishing Industry: 10,806thHighest Average Tax Rates: 10,831stMost Authoritarian: 11,092ndMost Compassionate Citizens: 12,032ndHighest Food Quality: 13,279thMost Advanced Public Transport: 13,718thTop
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Lowest Crime Rates: 14,547thMost Patriotic: 15,569thNicest Citizens: 15,814thLargest Governments: 15,952ndMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 16,238thHighest Poor Incomes: 16,323rdHighest Economic Output: 18,233rdMost Scientifically Advanced: 18,491stMost Pacifist: 19,993rdHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 20,515thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 22,584thMost Income Equality: 23,957th
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 4th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 8th in the regionMost Influential: 10th in the regionMost Secular: 76th in the regionTop
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Healthiest Citizens: 245th in the regionBest Weather: 306th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 416th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 478th in the regionMost Inclusive: 487th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 518th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 532nd in the regionTop
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Smartest Citizens: 538th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 542nd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 544th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 546th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 554th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 603rd in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 729th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 755th in the regionMost Extreme: 835th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 851st in the regionMost Income Equality: 890th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 904th in the regionLargest Governments: 905th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 956th in the regionNicest Citizens: 967th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 1,031st in the regionMost Patriotic: 1,037th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1,060th in the region

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