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Largest Black Market: 6,507thMost Devout: 6,574thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 7,232nd
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Vara 12

Population7.097 billion

CurrencyObject Permanence
AnimalQuestion Mark

The Republic of Vara 12 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory gun ownership, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.097 billion Vara 12ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vara 12ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,299 trillion Object Permanences 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 183,151 Object Permanences, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

A citizen who thinks a slave is a deadbeat is entitled to make the descriptor literally true, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, religious education is a new government priority, and citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Vara 12's national animal is the Question Mark.

Vara 12 is ranked 172,843rd in the world and 38th in Eye for Most Stationary, with 92.6060518432 days.

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Largest Black Market: 6,507thMost Devout: 6,574thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 7,232ndLargest Agricultural Sector: 7,431stMost Subsidized Industry: 7,951stMost Patriotic: 8,001stMost Armed: 8,351stLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 8,743rdLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 8,828thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 8,834thNudest: 10,751stMost Corrupt Governments: 11,210thLargest Publishing Industry: 12,288thHighest Average Incomes: 12,996thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 13,757thMost Efficient Economies: 13,952ndHighest Poor Incomes: 14,152ndTop
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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 15,429thLargest Mining Sector: 16,579thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 16,630thMost Cultured: 18,015thLargest Governments: 18,892ndMost Advanced Public Education: 19,285thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 19,643rdHighest Economic Output: 21,376thMost Authoritarian: 22,799thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 25,281st
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 5th in the regionMost Cultured: 6th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 7th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 10th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 14th in the regionLargest Black Market: 14th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 17th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 19th in the regionLargest Populations: 21st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 23rd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 26th in the regionMost Devout: 28th in the regionMost Influential: 30th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 30th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 30th in the regionMost Stationary: 38th in the regionTop
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Most Patriotic: 45th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 46th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 46th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 51st in the regionMost Primitive: 56th in the regionMost Extreme: 57th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 63rd in the regionMost Armed: 85th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Vara 12, citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts.
  • : Following new legislation in Vara 12, religious education is a new government priority.
  • : Following new legislation in Vara 12, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows.
  • : Following new legislation in Vara 12, a citizen who thinks a slave is a deadbeat is entitled to make the descriptor literally true.
  • : Following new legislation in Vara 12, the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists.
  • : Vara 12 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in Vara 12, the nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers.
  • : Following new legislation in Vara 12, illegal hunting is rife after veganism was recently made compulsory.
  • : Following new legislation in Vara 12, the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet.
  • : Following new legislation in Vara 12, the Party has more splits than a yo-yo dieter's trousers.

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