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Largest Populations: 3,136thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 9,254thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 16,741st
The State of
Psychotic Dictatorship Fascist Dictatorship
Once Gone
Influence
Eminence Grise
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Reasonable
Political Freedom
Few

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White Torch

Population33.131 billion

CapitalDouglas Heights

Currencybetale
Animaldeer

The State of White Torch is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 33.131 billion White Torchians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Douglas Heights. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but inefficient White Torchian economy, worth a remarkable 1,123 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Tourism. Average income is 33,918 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the government is attempting to revitalize a gutted private sector, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, and White Torch has designated Douglas Heights as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. White Torch's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

White Torch is ranked 46,025th in the world and 3rd in Republic of China for Most Stationary, with 947.46490056652 days.

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Largest Populations: 3,136thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 9,254thTop
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 16,741stMost World Assembly Endorsements: 18,189thHighest Average Tax Rates: 23,960thHighest Economic Output: 25,919thMost Authoritarian: 26,707thMost Advanced Public Transport: 26,926th
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Most Devout: 1st in the regionMost Conservative: 1st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1st in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 1st in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 1st in the regionMost Inclusive: 1st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Pacifist: 1st in the regionLargest Governments: 1st in the regionLargest Populations: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : White Torch's influence in Republic of China rose from "Dealmaker" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : White Torch was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Dead.
  • : White Torch was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombies and the Top 5% for Most Survivors.
  • : White Torch was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : White Torch was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : White Torch was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Dead.
  • : White Torch was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Dead and Most Survivors.
  • : White Torch's influence in Republic of China rose from "Instigator" to "Dealmaker".
  • : White Torch's influence in Republic of China rose from "Contender" to "Instigator".
  • : White Torch's influence in Republic of China fell from "Instigator" to "Contender".

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