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Most Advanced Public Transport: 1,280thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,496thNudest: 2,562nd
The Socialist Kingdom of
Moralistic Democracy Ordinary Decent Hardworking People
Moon, Friendship, NationStates, Brains
Influence
Hatchling
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Average

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Huks Gares

Population15.108 billion

CapitalYggdrassil
LeaderIsaac
FaithAthyism

CurrencyGold Bar
AnimalBat

The Socialist Kingdom of Huks Gares is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Isaac with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, parental licensing program, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 15.108 billion Hukians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 83.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Huks Garsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,702 trillion Gold Bars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 112,706 Gold Bars, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

It is rumoured that Isaac uses a magic 8-ball to make policy decisions, the diplomatic corps stinks, the country is rumored to be a Brancalandian puppet state, and retirement homes are filled with foreign war criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Huks Gares's national animal is the Bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Athyism.

Huks Gares is ranked 268,795th in the world and 297th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Nicest Citizens, with 0.61 average smiles per day.

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Most Advanced Public Transport: 1,280thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,496thNudest: 2,562ndMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,849thTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 7,585thMost Secular: 7,667thLargest Welfare Programs: 10,002ndLargest Gambling Industry: 12,978thTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 15,022ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 15,461stHighest Average Tax Rates: 15,582ndLongest Average Lifespans: 18,055thMost Efficient Economies: 18,818thLargest Populations: 26,381st
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 2nd in the regionNudest: 2nd in the regionTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 9th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 9th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 12th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 13th in the regionLargest Populations: 15th in the regionTop
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Largest Welfare Programs: 16th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 17th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 18th in the regionRudest Citizens: 21st in the region

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