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Largest Gambling Industry: 1,169thMost Subsidized Industry: 3,965thLargest Black Market: 5,280th
The All you can eat of
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy Communists
Come and get 'em while they're hot
Influence
Eminence Grise
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
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Political Freedom
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Pancake Robot

Population13.465 billion

CapitalTown
LeaderParry Gripp
Faithmusic

Currencypancake
Animalrobot

The All you can eat of Pancake Robot is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Parry Gripp with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, rampant corporate plagiarism, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 13.465 billion Pancake Robotians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Town. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Pancake Robotian economy, worth a remarkable 1,949 trillion pancakes a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 144,768 pancakes, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds, armed security details escort librarians to their homes, Town is a police state during international summits, and passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pancake Robot's national animal is the robot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is music.

Pancake Robot is ranked 325,228th in the world and 9th in Bytes for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 11.7 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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Largest Gambling Industry: 1,169thTop
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Most Subsidized Industry: 3,965thLargest Black Market: 5,280thMost Advanced Public Education: 5,669thMost Avoided: 8,042ndMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 8,332ndLargest Welfare Programs: 9,664thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 11,311thHighest Average Tax Rates: 12,215thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 12,688thMost Stationary: 15,494thMost Efficient Economies: 15,691stMost Secular: 16,288thTop
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Highest Economic Output: 16,916thLargest Information Technology Sector: 18,336thMost Corrupt Governments: 18,581stMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 18,767thMost Influential: 24,908thMost Developed: 26,066thLargest Governments: 27,026thHighest Average Incomes: 28,316th
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 1st in the regionMost Influential: 1st in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 1st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Pancake Robot was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Secular.
  • : Pancake Robot was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
  • : Pancake Robot was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : Following new legislation in Pancake Robot, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections.
  • : Pancake Robot was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy".
  • : Following new legislation in Pancake Robot, Town is a police state during international summits.
  • : Following new legislation in Pancake Robot, armed security details escort librarians to their homes.
  • : Following new legislation in Pancake Robot, oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds.
  • : Following new legislation in Pancake Robot, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages.
  • : Pancake Robot was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Secular.

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