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Highest Drug Use: 55thLargest Gambling Industry: 108thHighest Crime Rates: 129th
The Mountain Range of
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Influence
Nipper
Region
Civil Rights
Superb
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Good

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The Snow Shield

Population22.167 billion

CapitalMount Mendev
Leadera tribal warlord

Currencystone
Animalnarwhal

The Mountain Range of The Snow Shield is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by a tribal warlord with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, infamous sell-swords, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 22.167 billion tribals enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mount Mendev. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Snow Shieldian economy, worth a remarkable 5,596 trillion stones a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 252,456 stones, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,458,489 per year while the poor average 20,849, a ratio of 70.0 to 1.

The government's only official statement on the burning down of Mount Mendev was that 'they shouldn't have been so careless', 'Police Academy 36' and 'Sharknados On A Plane' are vying for top spot at the box-office, beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, and truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Snow Shield's national animal is the narwhal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Snow Shield is ranked 345,439th in the world and 16,609th in Lazarus for Highest Average Tax Rates, with -2.16 Effective Tax Rate.

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Highest Drug Use: 55thLargest Gambling Industry: 108thHighest Crime Rates: 129thMost Armed: 154thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 176thMost Avoided: 193rdLargest Soda Pop Sector: 198thFattest Citizens: 249thRudest Citizens: 288thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 343rdMost Rebellious Youth: 362ndLargest Retail Industry: 448thMost Ignorant Citizens: 533rdMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 677thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 793rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 1,001stLargest Mining Sector: 1,365thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,377thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 2,724thHighest Economic Output: 2,980thMost Primitive: 3,406thTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 4,228thHighest Average Incomes: 5,368thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 5,788thLargest Insurance Industry: 7,352ndMost Efficient Economies: 9,950thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 11,793rdLargest Cheese Export Sector: 12,566thLargest Populations: 15,467thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 15,864thTop
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Largest Publishing Industry: 21,123rdMost Secular: 24,879thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 28,199thMost Pro-Market: 28,704th
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Highest Drug Use: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 5th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 7th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 7th in the regionMost Avoided: 7th in the regionMost Armed: 8th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 9th in the regionFattest Citizens: 10th in the regionRudest Citizens: 15th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 15th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 18th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 18th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 22nd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 33rd in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 39th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 49th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 52nd in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 67th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 122nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 142nd in the regionTop
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Most Primitive: 230th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 273rd in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 297th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 309th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 340th in the regionLargest Populations: 401st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 418th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 423rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 443rd in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 523rd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 541st in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 736th in the regionTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 902nd in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 1,172nd in the regionNudest: 1,483rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : The Snow Shield's influence in Lazarus rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
  • : Following new legislation in The Snow Shield, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news.
  • : Following new legislation in The Snow Shield, beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings.
  • : Following new legislation in The Snow Shield, 'Police Academy 36' and 'Sharknados On A Plane' are vying for top spot at the box-office.
  • : Following new legislation in The Snow Shield, the government's only official statement on the burning down of Mount Mendev was that 'they shouldn't have been so careless'.
  • : Following new legislation in The Snow Shield, the The Snow Shield Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'.
  • : Following new legislation in The Snow Shield, fraternities are notorious for drunken hooliganism.
  • : Following new legislation in The Snow Shield, corporations claim the third ounce of any metal traded in a wicker-cone on the Sunday of a full moon as a charitable expense.
  • : The Snow Shield's influence in Lazarus rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : Following new legislation in The Snow Shield, shopping comes bagged and tagged.

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