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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 258thMost Advanced Public Transport: 259thLargest Black Market: 620th
The Commonwealth of
Compulsory Consumerist State Consumerist Wage Drones
Sininen Vesi, Valkoinen Kentät, Harmaa Taivas.
Influence
Powerbroker
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Barboneia

Population20.775 billion

CapitalPääkaupunki
LeaderPrime Minister Ernesti Penttinen

CurrencyBarboneian Dollari
Animalwalrus

The Commonwealth of Barboneia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Ernesti Penttinen with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 20.775 billion Barboneians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The large, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pääkaupunki. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Barboneian economy, worth a remarkable 6,646 trillion Barboneian Dollaris a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 319,903 Barboneian Dollaris, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,646,275 per year while the poor average 33,953, a ratio of 48.5 to 1.

Road rage is rarer but more terminal now that many people drive fully-operational battle tanks to work, the navy plans patrols according to how many pubs nearby ports have, satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness, and politicians stage photo ops featuring barely functional fighter jets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barboneia's national animal is the walrus, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Barboneia is ranked 9,126th in the world and 3rd in Valkia for Most Stationary, with 2,503.38866171912 days.

Top
1%
Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 258thMost Advanced Public Transport: 259thLargest Black Market: 620thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,104thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1,184thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,340thMost Corrupt Governments: 1,408thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,432ndMost Advanced Public Education: 1,667thLowest Crime Rates: 1,777thRudest Citizens: 1,804thLargest Information Technology Sector: 1,928thHighest Economic Output: 1,988thHighest Average Incomes: 2,347thLargest Governments: 2,599thMost Scientifically Advanced: 2,626thHighest Average Tax Rates: 2,900thTop
5%
Largest Retail Industry: 3,229thMost Developed: 3,246thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 3,790thSmartest Citizens: 4,668thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5,152ndMost Subsidized Industry: 5,575thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 6,647thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 7,572ndLongest Average Lifespans: 8,737thMost Cultured: 8,907thMost Stationary: 9,126thMost Secular: 10,246thMost Influential: 10,451stTop
10%
Largest Populations: 15,296thHealthiest Citizens: 17,901stMost Efficient Economies: 24,546th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Barboneia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Barboneia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Barboneia created a custom banner.
  • : Barboneia created a custom banner.
  • : Barboneia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
  • : Barboneia's influence in Valkia fell from "Power" to "Powerbroker".
  • : Barboneia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Dead.
  • : Barboneia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Zombies.
  • : Barboneia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
  • : Barboneia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Cheese Export Sector.

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