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Most Valuable International Artwork: 1,675thLargest Gambling Industry: 7,180thMost Avoided: 7,513th
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Saint Belmar II

Population639 million

CapitalNarfashka and Gluttenburg

CurrencyGenzalo
AnimalEagle

The IsThatTheGuyFromTheFootball of Saint Belmar II is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 639 million Belmari's 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Narfashka and Gluttenburg. The average income tax rate is 17.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Belmari economy, worth 50.9 trillion Genzaloes 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. 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 79,597 Genzaloes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, the public transport system has been eliminated, when electric cars arrived nobody heard them coming, and mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past. Crime is moderate. Saint Belmar II's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Saint Belmar II is ranked 279,777th in the world and 14th in Cardsia for Safest, scoring 6.69 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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Largest Gambling Industry: 7,180thMost Avoided: 7,513thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 10,206thTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 14,698thHighest Disposable Incomes: 23,205th
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Most Income Equality: 1st in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 1st in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionBest Weather: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionMost Patriotic: 1st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Developed: 1st in the regionLargest Populations: 1st in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 1st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 1st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1st in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionMost Influential: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 1st in the region

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