The Loving Couple of I ShipIt- is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Syaoran with an iron fist, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, free-roaming dinosaurs, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.247 billion I ShipIt-ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Clow. The average income tax rate is 53.4%.
The frighteningly efficient I ShipIt-ian economy, worth 871 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 139,482 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.
Selling bombs to terrorists has become government policy, being wrong on the internet has been classified as digital terrorism, online terrorists are automatically assigned adverts for cheap balaclavas, and the government is cutting back on the number of political prisoners executed each year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. I ShipIt-'s national animal is the dove and its national religion is Cards.
I ShipIt- is ranked 177,203rd in the world and 203rd in Eurth for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.
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Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
I ShipIt-, the government is cutting back on the number of political prisoners executed each year.
- : Following new legislation in I ShipIt-, online terrorists are automatically assigned adverts for cheap balaclavas.
- : Following new legislation in I ShipIt-, being wrong on the internet has been classified as digital terrorism.
- : Following new legislation in I ShipIt-, selling bombs to terrorists has become government policy.
- : Following new legislation in I ShipIt-, bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms.
- : Following new legislation in I ShipIt-, illegal book-trafficking rings dominate the black market.
- : Following new legislation in I ShipIt-, the nation's secret service is so secret that nobody knows if it has one.
- : Following new legislation in I ShipIt-, organised crime is fine as long as there's a well-organised tax return.
- : I ShipIt- was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : I ShipIt- was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced and the Top 10% for Highest Average Incomes, Largest Black Market, and Highest Disposable Incomes.
