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Longest Average Lifespans: 223rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 228thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 231st
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Surd

Population14.305 billion

CapitalFentanes
LeaderRuben Sierra

CurrencyFiori
AnimalRobin

The Republic of Surd is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Ruben Sierra with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, soft-spoken computers, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.305 billion Surds are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fentanes. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Surdic economy, worth a remarkable 5,276 trillion Fioris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 368,856 Fioris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Visiting dignitaries often end up cuddling in the hot tub with Ruben Sierra, increasing numbers of children in Surd have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers, bad punctuation has come to a full stop, and a government program is underway to revitalize Surd's beaches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Surd's national animal is the Robin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Surd is ranked 2,195th in the world and 158th in Lazarus for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.

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Longest Average Lifespans: 223rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 228thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 231stMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 243rdLowest Crime Rates: 275thLargest Governments: 278thHealthiest Citizens: 304thMost Secular: 312thSmartest Citizens: 316thMost Compassionate Citizens: 347thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 363rdNicest Citizens: 396thMost Efficient Economies: 407thHighest Poor Incomes: 435thMost Pacifist: 587thMost Beautiful Environments: 590thBest Weather: 597thSafest: 637thLargest Welfare Programs: 655thMost Cheerful Citizens: 747thLargest Information Technology Sector: 772ndMost Cultured: 801stMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,031stMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1,048thLeast Corrupt Governments: 1,116thMost Subsidized Industry: 1,293rdLargest Publishing Industry: 1,990thTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 13,354thTop
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Most Income Equality: 16,231stNudest: 18,142ndLargest Cheese Export Sector: 20,480thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 22,120thLargest Populations: 28,509th
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Nicest Citizens: 4th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 4th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 5th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 8th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 9th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 9th in the regionMost Pacifist: 11th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 11th in the regionMost Secular: 11th in the regionLargest Governments: 11th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 12th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 12th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 13th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 13th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 16th in the regionBest Weather: 16th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 18th in the regionSafest: 20th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 20th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 22nd in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 25th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 32nd in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 34th in the regionMost Cultured: 36th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 51st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 61st in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 63rd in the regionTop
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Most Extensive Civil Rights: 449th in the regionMost Income Equality: 509th in the regionTop
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Nudest: 785th in the regionMost Politically Free: 905th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 990th in the regionLargest Populations: 1,073rd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,109th in the regionMost Extreme: 1,152nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Surd, a government program is underway to revitalize Surd's beaches.
  • : Following new legislation in Surd, bad punctuation has come to a full stop.
  • : Following new legislation in Surd, increasing numbers of children in Surd have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers.
  • : Following new legislation in Surd, visiting dignitaries often end up cuddling in the hot tub with Ruben Sierra.
  • : Following new legislation in Surd, teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank.
  • : Following new legislation in Surd, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms.
  • : Following new legislation in Surd, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits.
  • : Following new legislation in Surd, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets.
  • : Following new legislation in Surd, you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly.
  • : Following new legislation in Surd, from the highest mountain to the deepest cave - one can always count on finding a good cell signal in Surd.

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