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- 1 (00:00) **Intro Banter and Sponsorship Tease** - Hosts joke about Vox censorship and transition to designing the perfect country via sliders
- 2 (02:17) **Slider System Introduction** - Doug unveils 12 categories (military to welfare) with 25 points to allocate on country.com
- 3 (03:58) **Category Definitions** - Hosts clarify military, democracy, vanity, business subsidies, culture, diplomacy, science, etc.
- 4 (06:39) **Aiden's Allocation** - Low military/diplomacy (1-2 pts), max education/housing/healthcare/welfare
- 5 (08:14) **Aiden's Influences Critiqued** - Hosts debate Iceland/Switzerland/Singapore models needing military for neutrality
- 6 (15:08) **Sweden Comparison** - Doug overlays Sweden's sliders on Aiden's; notes higher democracy/culture
- 7 (18:43) **Doug's Authoritarian Build** - Zero democracy/diplomacy/culture/welfare; max vanity/military/science/housing
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Show Notes
On this week's show... DougDoug has a plan, Atrioc dictates from home, and Aiden lives on an volcanic island.
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Episode: 062
Recorded on: May 12th, 2026
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Segments
0:00 Intro
1:00 Building the Perfect Country
5:36 Aidenstan
18:09 Atriocapocolypse
26:10 Fixing Atriocapocolypse
30:28 Shopify Ad
31:58 Fora Travel Ad
33:21 Dougopolis
37:35 The Importance of Culture
42:21 Our Discord's Country
46:43 Building the Most Corrupt Country
50:05 Truewerk Ad
51:29 Drafting World Leaders
1:06:45 Mamdani balanced NYC budget?
1:24:05 Inflation Report and the Fed
1:30:33 Outro
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