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Largest Populations: 1,528thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 2,715thMost Advanced Public Transport: 5,427th
The Rushmori Nation of
Father Knows Best State Suspiciously Conservative Democracy
His name was Wigu, he lived in an igloo
Influence
Apprentice
Founding Myth
Region
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Good
Political Freedom
Few

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Wigu

Population42.322 billion

Currencynew t'ah
Animalmonkey

The Rushmori Nation of Wigu is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, absence of drug laws, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 42.322 billion Wiguese 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.8%.

The Wiguese economy, worth a remarkable 2,117 trillion new t'ahs a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery. Average income is 50,028 new t'ahs, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

The government funds large training centres to turn monkeys into functioning members of society, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", the government has returned all business to private ownership, and the nation is completely gun-free. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wigu's national animal is the monkey, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Wigu is ranked 289,332nd in the world and 41st in Rushmore for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.8 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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Largest Populations: 1,528thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 2,715thTop
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 5,427thMost Stationary: 7,706thLargest Welfare Programs: 8,935thMost Pacifist: 11,738thSafest: 11,878thHighest Average Tax Rates: 12,190thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 14,415thHighest Economic Output: 15,105thTop
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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 15,963rdMost Influential: 26,446th
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Largest Populations: 1st in the regionTop
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 3rd in the regionHighest Drug Use: 3rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Wigu was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Wigu was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments.
  • : Wigu was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Wigu was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Wigu granted posting privileges on the Rushmore Regional Message Board to nations in embassy regions.
  • : Wigu granted Embassies authority to The Gold and Silver Alloy of Electrum as Seat Warmer in Rushmore.
  • : Wigu increased The Gold and Silver Alloy of Electrum's succession priority in Rushmore.
  • : Wigu was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Wigu was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments.
  • : Wigu was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.

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