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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 128thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 202ndNudest: 220th
The Wasted Votes of
Benevolent Dictatorship Temporary Conservative State of Emergency
Building Walls, Burning Bridges.
Poncho Man
Influence
Squire
Region
Civil Rights
Superb
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

Overview Factbook Dispatches Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

CSB PM Union

Population8.888 billion

CapitalAdministrative Block D1
LeaderPoncho Man
FaithAtheism

CurrencyRusted Gold Coin
AnimalBat

The Wasted Votes of CSB PM Union is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Poncho Man with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, unlimited-speed roads, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 8.888 billion CSB PM Unionians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Administrative Block D1. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient CSB PM Unionian economy, worth a remarkable 4,450 trillion Rusted Gold Coins a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 500,763 Rusted Gold Coins, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,673,366 per year while the poor average 20,927, a ratio of 175 to 1.

Eminent domain has been abolished, school football matches are usually five-a-side, the people have taken "Hail Poncho Man" as an invitation to lob rocks, and excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. CSB PM Union's national animal is the Bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Atheism.

CSB PM Union is ranked 299,800th in the world and 752nd in NationStates for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -6.32 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 128thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 202ndNudest: 220thMost Valuable International Artwork: 259thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 311thLargest Retail Industry: 419thFattest Citizens: 524thMost Subsidized Industry: 694thHighest Average Incomes: 700thMost Efficient Economies: 724thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 823rdLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 862ndHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 941stMost Armed: 945thHighest Crime Rates: 1,096thMost Avoided: 1,184thRudest Citizens: 1,383rdLargest Agricultural Sector: 1,431stLargest Gambling Industry: 1,441stMost Rebellious Youth: 1,474thLargest Black Market: 1,500thMost Scientifically Advanced: 1,586thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,672ndLargest Information Technology Sector: 1,699thLargest Mining Sector: 1,931stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2,115thLargest Governments: 2,314thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 2,406thMost Corrupt Governments: 2,554thMost Secular: 2,620thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2,978thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 3,106thTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3,465thMost Advanced Public Education: 3,813thMost Advanced Public Transport: 4,066thSmartest Citizens: 4,191stMost Influential: 4,214thMost Cheerful Citizens: 4,217thHighest Drug Use: 4,422ndMost World Assembly Endorsements: 4,568thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4,818thMost Cultured: 5,293rdHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 5,479thHighest Economic Output: 5,502ndLargest Publishing Industry: 5,637thHighest Average Tax Rates: 5,811thMost Inclusive: 6,937thLargest Welfare Programs: 7,925thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 9,724thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 14,057thTop
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Most Patriotic: 20,672ndHighest Food Quality: 25,525th
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 2nd in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 2nd in the regionNudest: 2nd in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 3rd in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 4th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 4th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 4th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 4th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 5th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 6th in the regionMost Avoided: 7th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 7th in the regionTop
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Largest Retail Industry: 9th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 10th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 11th in the regionLargest Governments: 11th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 12th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 13th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 14th in the regionMost Secular: 15th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 18th in the regionMost Armed: 22nd in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 22nd in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 24th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 25th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 28th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 30th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 30th in the regionMost Influential: 30th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 31st in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 32nd in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 37th in the regionTop
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Largest Welfare Programs: 45th in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 47th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 52nd in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 72nd in the regionMost Cultured: 74th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : CSB PM Union was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry and the Top 5% for Highest Drug Use.
  • : Following new legislation in CSB PM Union, excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside.
  • : Following new legislation in CSB PM Union, the people have taken "Hail Poncho Man" as an invitation to lob rocks.
  • : Following new legislation in CSB PM Union, school football matches are usually five-a-side.
  • : Following new legislation in CSB PM Union, eminent domain has been abolished.
  • : Following new legislation in CSB PM Union, artificial intelligences seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui.
  • : Following new legislation in CSB PM Union, businessmen behave differently if their supervisor is watching.
  • : Following new legislation in CSB PM Union, economists claim no news is good news.
  • : Following new legislation in CSB PM Union, the beauty of coastal towns is marred only slightly by all the closed-down storefronts.
  • : Following new legislation in CSB PM Union, retirement homes are filled with foreign war criminals.

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