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Largest Cheese Export Sector: 3,312thLargest Black Market: 3,431stLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 6,305th
The Grand Duchy of
Corrupt Dictatorship Well-Meaning Dictatorship
Rise Up!
Influence
Newcomer
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Rare

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17

Population22.853 billion

CurrencyGold
AnimalElephant

The Grand Duchy of 17 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its lack of airports, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 22.853 billion 17ians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.7%.

The all-consuming 17ian economy, worth a remarkable 3,216 trillion Golds 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, Tourism, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. 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 impressive 140,758 Golds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 550,685 per year while the poor average 24,510, a ratio of 22.5 to 1.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild, and space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 17's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

17 is ranked 233,873rd in the world and 7,201st in Balder for Most Stationary, with 23.15306157092 days.

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Largest Cheese Export Sector: 3,312thLargest Black Market: 3,431stLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 6,305thHighest Economic Output: 6,593rdHighest Wealthy Incomes: 7,210thMost Secular: 11,389thLargest Populations: 11,614thLargest Welfare Programs: 12,455thMost Corrupt Governments: 12,716thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 13,162ndMost Advanced Public Transport: 14,364thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 15,285thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 16,091stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 17,909thMost Beautiful Environments: 22,182ndBest Weather: 22,403rdMost Advanced Public Education: 22,807thMost Subsidized Industry: 22,855thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 23,988thLowest Crime Rates: 25,899thHighest Average Incomes: 25,942ndMost World Assembly Endorsements: 28,160th
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Largest Cheese Export Sector: 182nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 199th in the regionLargest Populations: 319th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 349th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 447th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 517th in the regionTop
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 573rd in the regionMost Secular: 621st in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 694th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 847th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 932nd in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 938th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 979th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,014th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,019th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : 17's influence in Balder rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : 17 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement and the Top 10% for Most Advanced Defense Forces.
  • : 17's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : 17's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : 17 was refounded in Balder.
  • : 17 ceased to exist in Balder.
  • : 17 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : 17 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Defense Forces.
  • : 17 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic.
  • : 17 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic.

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