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Largest Black Market: 5,872ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 6,635thMost Devout: 7,982nd
The Erbium of
Psychotic Dictatorship Fascist Dictatorship
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Influence
Superpower
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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ER

Population20.082 billion

CurrencyGold
AnimalElephant

The Erbium of ER is a titanic, orderly nation, remarkable for its national health service, state-planned economy, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 20.082 billion ERians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.1%.

The frighteningly efficient ERian economy, worth a remarkable 3,150 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 156,872 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 8.2 times as much as the poorest.

ER's fine wines are renowned throughout the region, 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists, children are told they have to do well in school if they want to live, and the nation's skies are now a wasteland. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ER's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ER is ranked 297,425th in the world and 2nd in APSIA for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -18 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.

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Largest Black Market: 5,872ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 6,635thMost Devout: 7,982ndLargest Manufacturing Sector: 8,101stHighest Economic Output: 9,225thLargest Mining Sector: 10,352ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 11,180thMost Armed: 12,294thMost Corrupt Governments: 13,282ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 14,317thMost Patriotic: 15,978thTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 16,547thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 19,173rdLargest Populations: 19,589thHighest Average Incomes: 23,201stMost Advanced Public Education: 23,746thLowest Crime Rates: 25,761stMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 26,429thLargest Information Technology Sector: 27,470thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 29,060thMost Subsidized Industry: 30,246thMost Efficient Economies: 31,369th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : ER's influence in APSIA fell from "Dominator" to "Superpower".
  • : ER's influence in APSIA rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Dominator".
  • : ER relocated from Lazarus to APSIA.
  • : ER was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : ER ceased to exist in APSIA.
  • : ER was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Defense Forces.
  • : ER was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
  • : ER was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
  • : ER was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
  • : Following new legislation in ER, the nation's skies are now a wasteland.

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