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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 13,604thLargest Black Market: 22,107thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 27,163rd
The Words of
Authoritarian Democracy
Seriously, seriously serious.
Influence
Contender
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Very Strong
Political Freedom
Some

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Jonathan Swift

Population5.086 billion

CurrencySatire
AnimalSatyr

The Words of Jonathan Swift is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and compulsory vegetarianism. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 5.086 billion Jonathan Swiftians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Jonathan Swiftian economy, worth 392 trillion Satires 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. 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 77,196 Satires, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Tie-dye has been outlawed for being 'too occult', fashion models are guaranteed to be 100% genuinely as anorexic as they appear on magazine covers, international tensions are high as Jonathan Swift threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, and there is a 'turn around' sign at every border entrance. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jonathan Swift's national animal is the Satyr, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jonathan Swift is ranked 82,303rd in the world and 2nd in The Cuckoos Egg for Safest, scoring 89.99 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 13,604thTop
10%
Largest Black Market: 22,107thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 27,163rd
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10%
Most Inclusive: 1st in the regionMost Income Equality: 1st in the region

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