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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 6,591stMost Inclusive: 8,268thMost Subsidized Industry: 9,247th
The Looking for Dinsdale State of
Father Knows Best State Suspiciously Conservative Democracy
Dinsdale!
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Spiny Norman

Population15.012 billion

CapitalPiranha City
LeaderDinsdale Piranha
FaithPythonism

CurrencyCoconut
AnimalDead Parrot

The Looking for Dinsdale State of Spiny Norman is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Dinsdale Piranha with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 15.012 billion Spiny Normanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Piranha City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 83.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Spiny Normanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,986 trillion Coconuts a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 132,355 Coconuts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 410,568 per year while the poor average 32,851, a ratio of 12.5 to 1.

The poorest Spiny Normanians live in 'the stacks', Dinsdale Piranha's handshakes with opposition leaders usually lead to thumb wars, journalists listen to the money talk, and referenda are banned by law and the Parliament has absolute control of the legislative process. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spiny Norman's national animal is the Dead Parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Pythonism.

Spiny Norman is ranked 35,252nd in the world and 1st in Anti West Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 132,355.55 Standard Monetary Units.

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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 6,591stMost Inclusive: 8,268thMost Subsidized Industry: 9,247thLargest Publishing Industry: 10,012thHighest Food Quality: 10,156thMost Cultured: 11,404thMost Advanced Public Education: 11,469thMost Secular: 11,520thLargest Retail Industry: 11,576thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 12,067thMost Accessible: 13,442ndMost Efficient Economies: 13,489thLargest Welfare Programs: 13,811thMost Beautiful Environments: 13,834thHighest Average Tax Rates: 14,075thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 15,729thTop
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Highest Economic Output: 16,400thMost Rebellious Youth: 17,005thLargest Governments: 17,432ndMost Compassionate Citizens: 17,528thSmartest Citizens: 17,862ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 18,537thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 18,931stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 19,328thNicest Citizens: 22,332ndLowest Crime Rates: 28,985thLargest Populations: 29,857th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Spiny Norman, referenda are banned by law and the Parliament has absolute control of the legislative process.
  • : Spiny Norman was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Father Knows Best State".
  • : Following new legislation in Spiny Norman, journalists listen to the money talk.
  • : Following new legislation in Spiny Norman, Dinsdale Piranha's handshakes with opposition leaders usually lead to thumb wars.
  • : Spiny Norman was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy".
  • : Following new legislation in Spiny Norman, the poorest Spiny Normanians live in 'the stacks'.
  • : Following new legislation in Spiny Norman, official Sermon-Free Zones are set-up around the nation's hotels.
  • : Following new legislation in Spiny Norman, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep.
  • : Following new legislation in Spiny Norman, the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy'.
  • : Following new legislation in Spiny Norman, the word "mother" is the favourite punchline of ribald comics.

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