The Republic of Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 804 million Do NOT Use The Popcorn Buttonians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 32.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Do NOT Use The Popcorn Buttonian economy, worth 29.6 trillion francs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,858 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.
Both criminals and civilians are DOA, real estate agencies are being replaced by naval recruitment offices, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, and emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button's national animal is the fox.
Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button is ranked 262,460th in the world and 11th in Its Time For The for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -7.21 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button's influence in Its Time For The fell from "Enforcer" to "Dealmaker".
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button's influence in Its Time For The rose from "Dealmaker" to "Enforcer".
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button, emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push.
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas.
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button, real estate agencies are being replaced by naval recruitment offices.
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button, both criminals and civilians are DOA.
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button, life expectancies inside correctional facilities vastly exceed the national average.
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button, Scrabble champions have been left scrambling for scraps.
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button, politicians tend to speak more loudly and slowly these days.
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Do NOT Use The Popcorn Button, a widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat".












