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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,090thHighest Average Tax Rates: 4,848thMost Advanced Public Education: 4,993rd
The Democratic Republic of
Democratic Socialists Hell
Newer Me
Influence
Page
Region
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Some

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Zwabia

Population6.972 billion

CapitalM'wa

Currencyjewel
Animaltarantula

The Democratic Republic of Zwabia is a mammoth, cultured nation, notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, otherworldly petting zoo, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, humorless population of 6.972 billion Zwabians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of M'wa. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Zwabian economy, worth 938 trillion jewels 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 Information Technology, Retail, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. 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 134,640 jewels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government election advice reads like a restaurant menu, a town hall is called each time a kid asks how far away the sun is, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, and forgotten trend connoisseurs turn their nose at one wrinkle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zwabia's national animal is the tarantula, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zwabia is ranked 297,943rd in the world and 52nd in Wintercrest for Safest, scoring 16.6 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,090thTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 4,848thMost Advanced Public Education: 4,993rdMost Advanced Public Transport: 5,356thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 5,411thLargest Welfare Programs: 5,943rdBest Weather: 6,222ndMost Beautiful Environments: 6,944thMost Pacifist: 7,072ndLargest Governments: 8,112thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 9,385thMost Inclusive: 9,755thMost Developed: 10,107thLowest Crime Rates: 10,276thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 10,386thLongest Average Lifespans: 11,741stHighest Poor Incomes: 11,952ndMost Accessible: 12,381stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 13,057thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 15,609thHighest Food Quality: 15,929thMost Scientifically Advanced: 16,594thTop
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 16,927thMost Corrupt Governments: 17,983rdLargest Retail Industry: 18,312thMost Secular: 18,503rdSmartest Citizens: 18,633rdMost Income Equality: 21,701stMost Compassionate Citizens: 23,319thMost Subsidized Industry: 24,691stLargest Black Market: 31,516th
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 3rd in the regionBest Weather: 3rd in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 4th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 4th in the regionLargest Governments: 4th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 5th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 5th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 5th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 6th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 6th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 6th in the regionMost Patriotic: 6th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 6th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 6th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 6th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 6th in the region
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National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Zwabia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : Zwabia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : Zwabia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens and the Top 10% for Largest Black Market.
  • : Zwabia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Food Quality.
  • : Zwabia's influence in Wintercrest rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
  • : Following new legislation in Zwabia, forgotten trend connoisseurs turn their nose at one wrinkle.
  • : Following new legislation in Zwabia, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen.
  • : Following new legislation in Zwabia, a town hall is called each time a kid asks how far away the sun is.
  • : Following new legislation in Zwabia, government election advice reads like a restaurant menu.
  • : Following new legislation in Zwabia, entomologists flock to M'wa for its remarkable gadfly population.

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