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Most Influential: 209thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,206thLargest Black Market: 1,970th
The Rogue State of
Father Knows Best State
The only problem violence can really solve is violence.
James LaRouge
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Bonnie Blue Republic

Population15.5 billion

CapitalGemstone Island
LeaderJames LaRouge
FaithConmunism

CurrencyGemstone Pound
Animalcopperhead

The Rogue State of Bonnie Blue Republic is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by James LaRouge with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 15.5 billion Bonnie Blues are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gemstone Island. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bonnie Blue Republician economy, worth a remarkable 3,261 trillion Gemstone Pounds 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 Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. 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 amazing 210,447 Gemstone Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, and the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bonnie Blue Republic's national animal is the copperhead, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Conmunism.

Bonnie Blue Republic is ranked 9,808th in the world and 4th in Lands End for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 9,739.55 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

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Most Influential: 209thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,206thLargest Black Market: 1,970thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,413thMost Advanced Public Transport: 2,660thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 3,012thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 4,660thHighest Poor Incomes: 5,342ndMost Advanced Public Education: 6,370thHighest Economic Output: 6,541stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 7,026thMost Corrupt Governments: 7,324thHighest Average Tax Rates: 8,005thMost Stationary: 8,658thHighest Average Incomes: 8,904thLargest Information Technology Sector: 8,919thLargest Governments: 9,514thMost Secular: 9,742ndMost Subsidized Industry: 9,808thMost Developed: 10,549thMost Scientifically Advanced: 10,930thLargest Publishing Industry: 13,772ndTop
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Smartest Citizens: 14,765thMost Patriotic: 14,947thLongest Average Lifespans: 15,155thLargest Mining Sector: 18,532ndMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 19,134thMost Efficient Economies: 19,637thLowest Crime Rates: 20,166thMost Cultured: 20,705thFattest Citizens: 23,666thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 24,988thLargest Populations: 25,842nd
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionMost Influential: 1st in the regionMost Stationary: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Public Education: 2nd in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 3rd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 4th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 4th in the regionLargest Populations: 6th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 8th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 9th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 10th in the regionMost Secular: 15th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 15th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 15th in the regionLargest Governments: 15th in the region

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