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Most Stationary: 941stLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,587thLargest Mining Sector: 1,793rd
The Scrubbyness of
Psychotic Dictatorship Fascist Dictatorship
Now who's the scrub?
Influence
Vassal
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Scrubland

Population35.221 billion

CapitalScrublandCity
LeaderMrScrub
FaithAtheism

Currencyscrubby
Animalpanda bear

The Scrubbyness of Scrubland is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by MrScrub with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 35.221 billion Scrublandians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ScrublandCity. The average income tax rate is 23.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Scrublandian economy, worth a remarkable 5,236 trillion scrubbies 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 a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. 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 148,662 scrubbies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, glossy adverts featuring baby's first puff adorn mothers' magazines, and a division of tanks navigating "as the crow flies" has driven into a ravine. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Scrubland's national animal is the panda bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Scrubland is ranked 941st in the world and 17th in Nederland for Most Stationary, with 4,793.66359872 days.

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Most Stationary: 941stLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,587thLargest Mining Sector: 1,793rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,868thLargest Populations: 2,554thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2,721stMost Avoided: 2,779thTop
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Largest Black Market: 3,006thMost Armed: 3,021stHighest Economic Output: 3,078thHighest Crime Rates: 3,501stHighest Disposable Incomes: 5,144thMost Influential: 7,024thLargest Information Technology Sector: 11,430thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 13,017thLargest Retail Industry: 13,352ndLargest Publishing Industry: 14,227thMost Corrupt Governments: 14,251stMost Secular: 14,712thTop
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Highest Poor Incomes: 15,779thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 16,027thMost Efficient Economies: 18,361stMost Subsidized Industry: 19,277thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 21,270thHighest Average Incomes: 22,726th
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 3rd in the regionMost Armed: 3rd in the regionMost Avoided: 5th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 6th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 9th in the regionTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 15th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 17th in the regionMost Stationary: 17th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 18th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 19th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 20th in the regionMost Influential: 21st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 22nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Scrubland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Scrubland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Scrubland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Scrubland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Scrubland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Armed.
  • : Scrubland was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Secular.
  • : Scrubland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Armed.
  • : Scrubland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Armed.
  • : Scrubland was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Publishing Industry.
  • : Following new legislation in Scrubland, a division of tanks navigating "as the crow flies" has driven into a ravine.

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