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Largest Black Market: 1,200thMost Secular: 2,867thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,998th
The Dominion of
Psychotic Dictatorship Fascist Dictatorship
Root is God
Influence
Eminence Grise
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Root

Population29.533 billion

CapitalCodebase
LeaderGuru
FaithCodeGods

CurrencyEuro
AnimalPenguin

The Dominion of Root is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Guru with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, aversion to nipples, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 29.533 billion Rootians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Administration, although Education, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Codebase. The average income tax rate is 84.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rootian economy, worth a remarkable 5,139 trillion Euros 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, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. 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 174,032 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, legend has it Guru's shower singing echoes through the halls of government, popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security", and the dictionary is a common first book for children. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Root's national animal is the Penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is CodeGods.

Root is ranked 8,974th in the world and 2nd in The Cuckoos Egg for Highest Poor Incomes, with 131,029.61 Standard Monetary Units.

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Largest Black Market: 1,200thMost Secular: 2,867thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,998thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 3,332ndLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 3,460thMost Advanced Public Education: 3,525thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 3,672ndHighest Economic Output: 4,248thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 5,256thMost Avoided: 5,561stNudest: 6,515thLargest Populations: 7,016thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 7,393rdMost Authoritarian: 7,419thMost Corrupt Governments: 7,624thMost Advanced Public Transport: 8,730thLargest Mining Sector: 8,932ndHighest Poor Incomes: 8,974thMost Stationary: 9,888thMost Influential: 11,796thHighest Average Tax Rates: 12,786thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 14,682ndTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 16,795thMost Efficient Economies: 17,904thLargest Governments: 19,604thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 21,364thLargest Agricultural Sector: 24,225thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 25,612thMost Developed: 27,581st
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Extreme: 1st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1st in the regionMost Income Equality: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Root's influence in The Cuckoos Egg fell from "Powerbroker" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Root was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Defense Forces.
  • : Root's influence in The Cuckoos Egg rose from "Eminence Grise" to "Powerbroker".
  • : Following new legislation in Root, the dictionary is a common first book for children.
  • : Following new legislation in Root, popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security".
  • : Following new legislation in Root, legend has it Guru's shower singing echoes through the halls of government.
  • : Following new legislation in Root, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description.
  • : Following new legislation in Root, the wealthiest parts of the country receive the most government spending.
  • : Following new legislation in Root, it's not uncommon to see royalty hitchhiking to the nearest party.
  • : Following new legislation in Root, citizens are constantly disappointed to find their nuisance neighbours are still alive.

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