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Most Stationary: 161stLargest Insurance Industry: 197thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 331st
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Pompous Windbags

Population42.937 billion

CapitalMintaka
LeaderLord Maximilian III
FaithChristianity

Currencybone
Animalkestrel

The Flatulent Bleatings of Pompous Windbags is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Maximilian III with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 42.937 billion Windbags are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mintaka. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Pompous Windbagsian economy, worth an astonishing 14,489 trillion bones a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 337,461 bones, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,589,007 per year while the poor average 11,864, a ratio of 218 to 1.

The police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, political activists are routinely executed, and citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Pompous Windbags's national animal is the kestrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Pompous Windbags is ranked 258,934th in the world and 12th in Free States of Gaia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -7.75 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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Most Stationary: 161stLargest Insurance Industry: 197thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 331stHighest Economic Output: 353rdHighest Wealthy Incomes: 395thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 523rdSafest: 572ndLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 746thLargest Populations: 862ndLargest Agricultural Sector: 1,041stLargest Mining Sector: 1,162ndLowest Crime Rates: 1,175thFattest Citizens: 1,195thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,197thMost Patriotic: 1,308thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,402ndHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,549thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,851stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1,894thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1,987thHighest Average Incomes: 2,013thMost Avoided: 2,373rdTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 3,159thHighest Disposable Incomes: 3,303rdLargest Governments: 3,556thMost Corrupt Governments: 3,986thMost Devout: 4,159thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 4,277thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 4,414thMost Valuable International Artwork: 4,492ndLargest Retail Industry: 5,350thMost Efficient Economies: 6,274thRudest Citizens: 6,275thMost Influential: 6,483rdMost Ignorant Citizens: 8,215thTop
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Largest Gambling Industry: 16,766thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 17,551stMost Conservative: 17,578thMost Scientifically Advanced: 23,808th
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Most Stationary: 1st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1st in the regionMost Conservative: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 1st in the regionFattest Citizens: 1st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionMost Devout: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Pompous Windbags was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Following new legislation in Pompous Windbags, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles.
  • : Pompous Windbags was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Following new legislation in Pompous Windbags, political activists are routinely executed.
  • : Following new legislation in Pompous Windbags, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police.
  • : Pompous Windbags was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Stationary, Most World Assembly Endorsements, and Most Influential.
  • : Following new legislation in Pompous Windbags, the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy.
  • : Following new legislation in Pompous Windbags, the nation has declared war on all passing comets.
  • : Following new legislation in Pompous Windbags, practically perfect royal toddlers tend to say "regrettably not at this juncture" rather than "no".
  • : Following new legislation in Pompous Windbags, postcards from Pompous Windbagsian driving test centres are popular souvenirs.

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