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Most Armed: 13,992ndMost Authoritarian: 16,400thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 16,975th
The Republic of
Psychotic Dictatorship Communist Dictatorship
Sway in the moonlight, dance in the dark
Influence
Hermit
Governor
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Cabbage Cavern

Population2.278 billion

Currencystardust
Animalmoonlark

The Republic of Cabbage Cavern is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, ritual sacrifices, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.278 billion Cabbage Cavernians 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.5%.

The all-consuming Cabbage Cavernian economy, worth 212 trillion stardusts a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,121 stardusts, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

Five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, citizens are arrested for naturally producing proteins, and school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cabbage Cavern's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Cabbage Cavern is ranked 124,981st in the world and 1st in Cabbage Cavern for Highest Drug Use, scoring 130.93 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.

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Most Armed: 13,992ndMost Authoritarian: 16,400thTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 16,975thMost Devout: 21,268thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 25,429thMost Beautiful Environments: 25,682ndLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 26,611thBest Weather: 28,696thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 28,941stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 29,049thMost Advanced Public Transport: 29,407thHighest Average Tax Rates: 29,529thMost Advanced Public Education: 30,253rd

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Cabbage Cavern was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Following new legislation in Cabbage Cavern, school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp.
  • : Following new legislation in Cabbage Cavern, citizens are arrested for naturally producing proteins.
  • : Following new legislation in Cabbage Cavern, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions.
  • : Following new legislation in Cabbage Cavern, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes.
  • : Following new legislation in Cabbage Cavern, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list.
  • : Cabbage Cavern was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic, Most Advanced Public Education, Highest Average Tax Rates, and Largest Basket Weaving Sector.
  • : Following new legislation in Cabbage Cavern, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines.
  • : Following new legislation in Cabbage Cavern, extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals.
  • : Following new legislation in Cabbage Cavern, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods.

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