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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 2,877thLeast Corrupt Governments: 2,910thMost Compassionate Citizens: 3,791st
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Valdez Islands

Population9.679 billion

CapitalPuerto Valdes
LeaderFerdinand Ortiz

CurrencyValdezian Peso
AnimalRua

The Republic of Valdez Islands is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Ferdinand Ortiz with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, vat-grown people, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.679 billion Valdezians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Puerto Valdes. The average income tax rate is 94.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Valdezian economy, worth a remarkable 1,471 trillion Valdezian Pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 152,065 Valdezian Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ferdinand Ortiz reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes, refugees from other nations are flocking to Valdez Islands's border, leading ethologists are being investigated for illegal electoral interference, and increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times. Crime is totally unknown. Valdez Islands's national animal is the Rua, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valdez Islands is ranked 47,985th in the world and 5th in Regionless for Most Stationary, with 922.16140287188 days.

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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 2,877thLeast Corrupt Governments: 2,910thTop
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Most Compassionate Citizens: 3,791stNicest Citizens: 4,041stMost Advanced Public Education: 4,044thMost Inclusive: 4,166thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 4,660thMost Developed: 4,722ndMost Scientifically Advanced: 5,270thLargest Information Technology Sector: 5,412thSmartest Citizens: 5,773rdMost Pacifist: 6,084thHighest Food Quality: 6,321stHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 6,578thHighest Average Tax Rates: 6,662ndHealthiest Citizens: 7,169thLongest Average Lifespans: 7,360thMost Beautiful Environments: 7,568thHighest Poor Incomes: 7,910thLargest Governments: 8,870thBest Weather: 9,121stMost Cheerful Citizens: 9,687thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 9,825thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 10,062ndSafest: 10,634thLargest Welfare Programs: 11,945thMost Secular: 12,431stLowest Crime Rates: 14,788thTop
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Most Cultured: 16,946thMost Efficient Economies: 17,753rdHighest Economic Output: 18,329thMost Subsidized Industry: 19,084thMost Income Equality: 21,114thHighest Average Incomes: 21,503rdMost Advanced Public Transport: 23,666thLargest Publishing Industry: 25,849thMost Influential: 27,722nd
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 2nd in the regionTop
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Most Compassionate Citizens: 3rd in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 3rd in the regionNicest Citizens: 3rd in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 3rd in the regionMost Politically Free: 3rd in the regionMost Pacifist: 3rd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 4th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 4th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 4th in the regionMost Inclusive: 4th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 4th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 4th in the regionMost Developed: 4th in the regionSafest: 4th in the regionMost Income Equality: 4th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Valdez Islands, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times.
  • : Following new legislation in Valdez Islands, leading ethologists are being investigated for illegal electoral interference.
  • : Following new legislation in Valdez Islands, refugees from other nations are flocking to Valdez Islands's border.
  • : Following new legislation in Valdez Islands, Ferdinand Ortiz reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes.
  • : Following new legislation in Valdez Islands, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives.
  • : Following new legislation in Valdez Islands, the new Rua Supremacy Party is faring well in the polls.
  • : Following new legislation in Valdez Islands, hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock".
  • : Valdez Islands was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Valdez Islands was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Following new legislation in Valdez Islands, Ferdinand Ortiz has been known to make speeches in fishing waders.

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