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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 13,045thLargest Publishing Industry: 14,153rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 16,254th
The Oppressed Peoples of
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
What ever it takes, we will do
Influence
Newcomer
Region
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Powerhouse
Political Freedom
Few

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Horiscia

Population3.238 billion

CurrencyTrila
AnimalFox

The Oppressed Peoples of Horiscia is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and pith helmet sales. The hard-working, cynical population of 3.238 billion Horiscians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Administration, Law & Order, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 20.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Horiscian economy, worth 387 trillion Trilas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 119,550 Trilas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Only the richest get to see out of their windows, school lockers are filled with fancy underwear, replacement organs are grown in vats, and nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Horiscia's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Horiscia is ranked 81,765th in the world and 4,456th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,153.71 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

Top
5%
Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 13,045thLargest Publishing Industry: 14,153rdTop
10%
Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 16,254thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 20,819thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 22,848thLargest Mining Sector: 23,938thHealthiest Citizens: 26,014thLongest Average Lifespans: 27,201stMost Cultured: 29,424th
Top
10%
Largest Publishing Industry: 775th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 996th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,072nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Horiscia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured.
  • : Horiscia's influence in Lazarus rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : Horiscia's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Horiscia's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Horiscia was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : Horiscia ceased to exist in Osiris.
  • : Horiscia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured.
  • : Horiscia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Publishing Industry and the Top 10% for Largest Information Technology Sector.
  • : Following new legislation in Horiscia, nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers.
  • : Horiscia was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy".

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