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Most Primitive: 336thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1,704thMost Ignorant Citizens: 1,959th
The Undiscovered tribe of
Psychotic Dictatorship Communist Dictatorship
to the moon
the nature god
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Joyfullness

Population1.44 billion

CapitalThe Treetop Village
Leaderthe nature god

Currencyleaf
AnimalCow

The Undiscovered tribe of Joyfullness is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the nature god with an iron fist, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, zero percent divorce rate, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.44 billion Joyfullnessians 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, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, although Defense, Spirituality, and Administration are also considered important, while Healthcare and Public Transport aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Treetop Village. The average income tax rate is 54.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Joyfullnessian economy, worth 69.7 trillion leaves 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, highly specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, 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 48,429 leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A mushroom a day keeps the sadness away, foreign militaries are taking a particular interest in the nation's abandoned borders and cities, conscientious objectors are hanged as traitors, and clerics remind orphans of their parents' wickedness. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Joyfullness's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Joyfullness is ranked 3,051st in the world and 1st in The waters for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 192.29 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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Most Primitive: 336thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1,704thMost Ignorant Citizens: 1,959thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 3,051stTop
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Most Devout: 5,778thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 5,780thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 8,144thNudest: 11,838thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 12,413thMost Corrupt Governments: 16,023rdMost Beautiful Environments: 16,306thTop
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Most Authoritarian: 19,761stMost Income Equality: 20,710thMost Armed: 20,859thMost Cultured: 23,085thMost Valuable International Artwork: 31,549thMost Patriotic: 32,791st
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1st in the regionMost Primitive: 1st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 2nd in the regionMost Devout: 2nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2nd in the regionTop
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Most Patriotic: 3rd in the regionMost Cultured: 3rd in the regionMost Stationary: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 3rd in the regionBest Weather: 3rd in the regionLargest Populations: 3rd in the regionMost Influential: 4th in the regionMost Income Equality: 4th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 4th in the regionLargest Black Market: 4th in the regionMost Armed: 4th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Joyfullness was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, clerics remind orphans of their parents' wickedness.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, conscientious objectors are hanged as traitors.
  • : Joyfullness lodged a message on the The waters Regional Message Board.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, foreign militaries are taking a particular interest in the nation's abandoned borders and cities.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, a mushroom a day keeps the sadness away.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, people who have lived their entire lives in Joyfullness are shocked to discover that they are not citizens.
  • : Joyfullness was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, officer recruitment and police brutality have reached an all-time high.
  • : Following new legislation in Joyfullness, piracy is the nation's most popular pastime.

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