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Largest Welfare Programs: 3,260thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 3,919thMost Advanced Public Transport: 4,590th
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Flying Eagles

Population12.111 billion

CapitalDefender City
LeaderDefender
FaithDefenderism

CurrencyPaper Defender
AnimalEagle

The Happy Eagles of Flying Eagles is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Defender with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 12.111 billion Eagles are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Defender City. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Eagleian economy, worth a remarkable 1,293 trillion Paper Defenders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 106,841 Paper Defenders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals, people typically base their votes on which party has the cutest logo, Defender's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, and the bureaucracy's scale makes the trees wail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flying Eagles's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Defenderism.

Flying Eagles is ranked 14,327th in the world and 177th in 10000 Islands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 94.92 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Welfare Programs: 3,260thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 3,919thMost Advanced Public Transport: 4,590thMost Influential: 4,624thMost Pacifist: 5,148thBest Weather: 5,450thHighest Average Tax Rates: 5,945thSafest: 5,966thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 5,986thMost Compassionate Citizens: 7,215thLongest Average Lifespans: 7,263rdHealthiest Citizens: 7,796thNicest Citizens: 8,044thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 8,642ndMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 10,397thLargest Governments: 11,786thSmartest Citizens: 13,037thLowest Crime Rates: 14,327thTop
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Most Income Equality: 15,839thMost Secular: 17,094thMost Cultured: 19,673rdMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 28,404th
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Largest Welfare Programs: 57th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 61st in the regionMost Income Equality: 64th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 69th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Flying Eagles, the bureaucracy's scale makes the trees wail.
  • : Following new legislation in Flying Eagles, Defender's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition.
  • : Following new legislation in Flying Eagles, people typically base their votes on which party has the cutest logo.
  • : Following new legislation in Flying Eagles, citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals.
  • : Following new legislation in Flying Eagles, jaywalking is punishable by public flogging.
  • : Flying Eagles was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : Following new legislation in Flying Eagles, the military has grudgingly released all top secret information in an effort for greater transparency.
  • : Following new legislation in Flying Eagles, children's TV shows are having a gay old time.
  • : Following new legislation in Flying Eagles, excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside.
  • : Following new legislation in Flying Eagles, the nation is in perpetual campaign mode.

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