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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 6,703rdLargest Populations: 8,903rdMost Stationary: 15,120th
The LKE Free Thought Controller of
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Influence
Eminence Grise
Basileus Emeritus
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Strong
Political Freedom
Few

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Smartzez

Population28.231 billion

CurrencySovereign
AnimalGolden Eagle

The LKE Free Thought Controller of Smartzez is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its digital currency, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 28.231 billion Smartzezians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 65.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Smartzezian economy, worth a remarkable 1,478 trillion Sovereigns 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. 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 52,358 Sovereigns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Careless Maxémon Trainers have been the cause of numerous search and rescue operations, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, what citizens give with one hand they take away with the other, and international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Smartzez. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smartzez's national animal is the Golden Eagle.

Smartzez is ranked 194,418th in the world and 5th in Polis for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring zero on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 6,703rdLargest Populations: 8,903rdMost Stationary: 15,120thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 21,361stHighest Economic Output: 24,197thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 24,881stMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 31,468thMost Ignorant Citizens: 32,771st

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Smartzez was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : Smartzez was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : Smartzez was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : Smartzez was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Smartzez was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Smartzez's influence in Polis rose from "Contender" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Smartzez was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Smartzez's influence in Polis rose from "Negotiator" to "Contender".
  • : Smartzez's influence in Polis fell from "Contender" to "Negotiator".
  • : Smartzez's influence in Polis rose from "Negotiator" to "Contender".

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