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Most Primitive: 4,494thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,837thFattest Citizens: 7,864th
The Hawkwing of
Corrupt Dictatorship Well-Meaning Dictatorship
Rootspring.
Rootspring
Influence
Vassal
Norry
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Weak
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Shadowsight

Population3.567 billion

CapitalShadowClan camp
LeaderRootspring
Faith'StarClan'

CurrencyCatnip
AnimalRootspring

The Hawkwing of Shadowsight is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rootspring with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.567 billion Shadowsightians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Education, with Defense, Administration, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ShadowClan camp. The average income tax rate is 59.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Shadowsightian economy, worth 107 trillion Catnips 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 30,035 Catnips, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens spend millions on microtransactions to feed virtual orphans while actual orphans starve overseas, the nation's historic treasures have been sold off to Maxtopia's "Museum of Shadowsightian Artifacts That They're Too Stupid to Appreciate", it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, and 90% of active duty SAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shadowsight's national animal is the Rootspring, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is 'StarClan'.

Shadowsight is ranked 236,326th in the world and 33rd in MJT for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.02 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Most Primitive: 4,494thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,837thFattest Citizens: 7,864thMost Secular: 8,118thMost Ignorant Citizens: 9,306thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 9,510thMost Authoritarian: 14,110thTop
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Most Primitive: 1st in the regionMost Secular: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 2nd in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2nd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 2nd in the regionTop
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Most Authoritarian: 4th in the regionMost Avoided: 4th in the region
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Endorsements Received: 3 » Zhidaole, Dunsteen, and Kyrindor Puppet.

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