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Largest Publishing Industry: 3,655thLargest Black Market: 4,715thLargest Gambling Industry: 5,031st
The Marshmallow laser of
Moralistic Democracy Narrow-Minded Backwoodsy Bigots
Soaring thru the stars
Influence
Eminence Grise
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Very Good

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Space Unicorn

Population13.376 billion

CapitalAll around the world
LeaderParry Gripp
Faithmusic

CurrencyRainbow
AnimalUnicorn

The Marshmallow laser of Space Unicorn is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Parry Gripp with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and national health service. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 13.376 billion Space Unicornians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of All around the world. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Space Unicornian economy, worth a remarkable 2,353 trillion Rainbows a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 175,931 Rainbows, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 534,181 per year while the poor average 45,028, a ratio of 11.9 to 1.

People who get diabetes can sue donut manufacturers, it isn't a secret plot without caviar and foie gras, mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt, and famous artwork is regularly confiscated for plagiarism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Space Unicorn's national animal is the Unicorn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is music.

Space Unicorn is ranked 57,641st in the world and 6th in Bytes for Most Cultured, scoring 70 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Largest Publishing Industry: 3,655thLargest Black Market: 4,715thLargest Gambling Industry: 5,031stMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 5,334thLargest Mining Sector: 5,554thRudest Citizens: 7,954thMost Avoided: 7,975thMost Subsidized Industry: 8,988thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 10,096thMost Advanced Public Education: 10,294thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 10,948thMost Secular: 11,279thMost Corrupt Governments: 11,328thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 11,936thFattest Citizens: 12,579thHighest Economic Output: 13,102ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 13,742ndMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 14,918thMost Stationary: 15,534thTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 16,215thSmartest Citizens: 19,252ndMost Efficient Economies: 20,989thLargest Information Technology Sector: 21,359thMost Scientifically Advanced: 24,354thLargest Governments: 24,547thMost Influential: 25,027thLargest Retail Industry: 30,021st
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 1st in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 1st in the regionMost Stationary: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Space Unicorn was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
  • : Following new legislation in Space Unicorn, famous artwork is regularly confiscated for plagiarism.
  • : Following new legislation in Space Unicorn, mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt.
  • : Following new legislation in Space Unicorn, it isn't a secret plot without caviar and foie gras.
  • : Following new legislation in Space Unicorn, people who get diabetes can sue donut manufacturers.
  • : Following new legislation in Space Unicorn, caroling is considered a public disturbance.
  • : Following new legislation in Space Unicorn, legend has it Parry Gripp's shower singing echoes through the halls of government.
  • : Following new legislation in Space Unicorn, the blues go away when it's white out.
  • : Following new legislation in Space Unicorn, trolls insist that strings of racial slurs mean "good morning" in obscure languages.
  • : Following new legislation in Space Unicorn, the dictionary is a common first book for children.

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