by Max Barry

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Most Income Equality: 1,064thMost Pacifist: 7,538thSafest: 8,075th
The United Kingdom of
Democratic Socialists Ordinary Caring Intelligent World Citizens
Six Seasons and a Movie
Influence
Nipper
Region
Civil Rights
Very Good
Economy
Basket Case
Political Freedom
Excellent

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DiscoSpider

Population118 million

CurrencyButtered Noodles
AnimalFievel the Rat

The United Kingdom of DiscoSpider is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 118 million DiscoSpiderians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant DiscoSpiderian economy, worth 1.23 trillion Buttered Noodleses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 10,416 Buttered Noodleses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, cars are banned, gossip magazines have pictures of Leader sunbathing on the beach with political rivals, and the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. DiscoSpider's national animal is the Fievel the Rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

DiscoSpider is ranked 324,781st in the world and 220th in Wintreath for Largest Black Market, with 1.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.

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Most Income Equality: 1,064thTop
5%
Most Pacifist: 7,538thSafest: 8,075thMost Primitive: 16,507thTop
10%
Least Corrupt Governments: 27,072ndMost Valuable International Artwork: 29,723rdHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 30,539th
Top
5%
Most Income Equality: 3rd in the regionTop
10%
Most Primitive: 12th in the regionSafest: 21st in the regionMost Pacifist: 22nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : DiscoSpider's influence in Wintreath rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
  • : DiscoSpider was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Primitive.
  • : Following new legislation in DiscoSpider, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms.
  • : Following new legislation in DiscoSpider, gossip magazines have pictures of Leader sunbathing on the beach with political rivals.
  • : Following new legislation in DiscoSpider, cars are banned.
  • : Following new legislation in DiscoSpider, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber.
  • : Following new legislation in DiscoSpider, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts.
  • : DiscoSpider was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : DiscoSpider's influence in Wintreath rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : DiscoSpider's influence in Wintreath rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".

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