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Most Influential: 6,757thLargest Welfare Programs: 7,827thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 9,619th
The The Holy Purple Glitter of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Eat Pasta, Run Fasta
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Senator of Internal Affairs
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Civil Rights
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Economy
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Political Freedom
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Ghost Queen

Population13.495 billion

CapitalDuck
LeaderSkeletor
FaithLasanga

CurrencyPopcorn
AnimalBat

The The Holy Purple Glitter of Ghost Queen is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Skeletor with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 13.495 billion Ghost Queenians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Duck. The average income tax rate is 76.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ghost Queenian economy, worth 608 trillion Popcorns a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,117 Popcorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nightly news reports prosaically on the government blindly throwing money at despotic kidnappers, teenagers are making eye contact with each other for the first time in years, old warplanes and tanks that break down can't be repaired since no one makes the parts anymore, and the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghost Queen's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Lasanga.

Ghost Queen is ranked 208,076th in the world and 2,870th in the Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -3.74 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.

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Most Influential: 6,757thLargest Welfare Programs: 7,827thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 9,619thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 13,272ndTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 16,735thMost Income Equality: 20,287thBest Weather: 21,158thMost Beautiful Environments: 21,787thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 22,900thHighest Average Tax Rates: 24,724th
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Most Influential: 10th in the regionTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 98th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 160th in the regionTop
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Largest Populations: 225th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 229th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 254th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 314th in the regionMost Income Equality: 368th in the regionBest Weather: 387th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 401st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 401st in the region

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Endorsements Received: 5 » East Durthang, Hilldorien, Mephita, Marinas Island, and Arthropyria.

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