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Highest Disposable Incomes: 258thLargest Retail Industry: 296thLargest Insurance Industry: 339th
The Perverted Mind of
Corporate Police State Halliburton
I'm Piero Sraffa. Who the hell are you?
Influence
Hermit
Governor
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Piero Sraffa

Population18.953 billion

CapitalNewd England
LeaderCOMRADE-FUHRER SRAFFA
FaithThe Church of SRAFFALOGY

CurrencyChicken Nuget
AnimalPelican

The Perverted Mind of Piero Sraffa is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by COMRADE-FUHRER SRAFFA with an iron fist, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.953 billion Nomads 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Newd England. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Nomadic economy, worth a remarkable 8,504 trillion Chicken Nugets a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 448,733 Chicken Nugets, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,625,646 per year while the poor average 88,307, a ratio of 18.4 to 1.

Sales of disinfectant wipes have skyrocketed, most people attending churches are maintenance workers, consuming ecstasy is a common rite of passage, and the army lives rent-free in foreigners' heads and houses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Piero Sraffa's national animal is the Pelican, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is The Church of SRAFFALOGY.

Piero Sraffa is ranked 9,399th in the world and 1st in Hyperborea for Most Cultured, scoring 117 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Highest Disposable Incomes: 258thLargest Retail Industry: 296thLargest Insurance Industry: 339thFattest Citizens: 478thMost Corrupt Governments: 508thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 555thMost Devout: 668thMost Efficient Economies: 703rdRudest Citizens: 739thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 753rdMost Scientifically Advanced: 759thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 837thHighest Average Incomes: 897thMost Avoided: 902ndLargest Mining Sector: 950thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1,009thLargest Information Technology Sector: 1,433rdMost Patriotic: 1,519thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1,566thHighest Economic Output: 1,626thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,882ndMost Advanced Defense Forces: 2,070thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,084thLargest Governments: 2,234thSmartest Citizens: 2,403rdTop
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Lowest Crime Rates: 4,038thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 4,100thMost Subsidized Industry: 4,195thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 4,237thNudest: 4,868thLargest Black Market: 5,892ndLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 6,944thLargest Publishing Industry: 7,195thLargest Agricultural Sector: 9,348thMost Cultured: 9,399thMost Advanced Public Education: 14,384thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 15,310thTop
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Largest Basket Weaving Sector: 17,929thLargest Populations: 20,793rdHighest Poor Incomes: 21,607thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 22,385th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Piero Sraffa, the army lives rent-free in foreigners' heads and houses.
  • : Following new legislation in Piero Sraffa, consuming ecstasy is a common rite of passage.
  • : Following new legislation in Piero Sraffa, most people attending churches are maintenance workers.
  • : Following new legislation in Piero Sraffa, sales of disinfectant wipes have skyrocketed.
  • : Following new legislation in Piero Sraffa, pocket dialling is a criminal offence.
  • : Following new legislation in Piero Sraffa, a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army.
  • : Piero Sraffa's influence in Hyperborea rose from "Zero" to "Hermit".
  • : Following new legislation in Piero Sraffa, in coastal waters there are fifteen salvage divers per dead man's chest (yo ho ho).
  • : Following new legislation in Piero Sraffa, most citizens in Piero Sraffa are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government.
  • : Following new legislation in Piero Sraffa, commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations.

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