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Most Armed: 15,192ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 16,883rdHighest Wealthy Incomes: 16,938th
The Haughty Idiot of
Moralistic Democracy Narrow-Minded Backwoodsy Bigots
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Influence
Shoeshiner
Dep. Minister of Culture
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Very Strong
Political Freedom
Some

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Guess and Check

Population12.093 billion

CurrencyMoney
AnimalVulture

The Haughty Idiot of Guess and Check is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, strictly enforced bedtime, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 12.093 billion Guess and Checkians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.2%.

The very strong Guess and Checkian economy, worth 857 trillion Monies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,872 Monies, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 379,310 per year while the poor average 6,934, a ratio of 54.7 to 1.

Formerly fertile fields are being leached dry of nutrients by intensive farming, popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, death row inmates cower in fear at the phrase "one-year anniversary", and nobody knows why the caged Vulture sings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Guess and Check's national animal is the Vulture, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Guess and Check is ranked 89,143rd in the world and 153rd in The Union of Democratic States for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,318.91 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

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Most Armed: 15,192ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 16,883rdHighest Wealthy Incomes: 16,938thMost Influential: 25,847thMost Conservative: 27,459thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 28,621stMost Stationary: 28,894th
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Most Armed: 7th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 7th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 10th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 15th in the regionTop
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Largest Black Market: 18th in the regionMost Stationary: 21st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 21st in the regionMost Conservative: 25th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 26th in the regionLargest Populations: 30th in the region

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