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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,382ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,920thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 3,063rd
The Black Hawk of
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Come Join Us II

Population22.556 billion

CapitalThe Black Hawks
LeaderRed Back
FaithBlack Hawks

CurrencySongs Written By CoE
AnimalHymn of the Tireless Detagger

The Black Hawk of Come Join Us II is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Red Back with an iron fist, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 22.556 billion Hawks are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Black Hawks. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 56.2%.

The frighteningly efficient a Hawk economy, worth a remarkable 3,320 trillion Songs Written By CoEs a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Gambling, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 147,216 Songs Written By CoEs, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,169,692 per year while the poor average 4,443, a ratio of 263 to 1.

Atheists are heavily taxed, school children are expected to know the names of all seven hundred native tribes and their cultural practices, business leaders are mailing Red Back forged birth certificates in a bid to win their rivals as serfs, and the internal market is thriving. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Come Join Us II's national animal is the Hymn of the Tireless Detagger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Black Hawks.

Come Join Us II is ranked 293,496th in the world and 119th in The Black Hawks for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -5.48 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,382ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,920thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 3,063rdTop
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Most Stationary: 4,029thMost Avoided: 4,584thLargest Black Market: 6,077thFattest Citizens: 6,309thMost Influential: 8,269thHighest Economic Output: 8,442ndMost Subsidized Industry: 8,596thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 9,859thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 10,822ndLargest Gambling Industry: 12,005thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 13,651stLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 14,178thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 14,267thMost Corrupt Governments: 14,847thLargest Populations: 15,385thTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 19,910thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 23,163rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 25,953rdHighest Average Incomes: 27,114thMost Valuable International Artwork: 27,788thMost Conservative: 28,714thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 31,033rdMost Patriotic: 31,155th
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 2nd in the regionMost Stationary: 4th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 4th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 4th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 5th in the regionMost Avoided: 6th in the regionTop
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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 7th in the regionFattest Citizens: 7th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 10th in the regionMost Influential: 11th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 11th in the regionLargest Black Market: 11th in the regionLargest Populations: 13th in the region

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  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements and Most Patriotic.
  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic.
  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments and Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Come Join Us II was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic.

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