The Armed Republic of OIS Catastrophic is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its closed borders, public floggings, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 323 million OIS Catastrophicians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 34.5%.
The powerhouse OIS Catastrophician economy, worth 28.3 trillion Halicarnassuses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,677 Halicarnassuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.
Hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers, the government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans, wedding bands come in pairs to form wedding manacles, and throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. OIS Catastrophic's national animal is the White Phoenix, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.
OIS Catastrophic is ranked 188,673rd in the world and 649th in Ordo Imperialia for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 188.12 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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OIS Catastrophic, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Catastrophic, wedding bands come in pairs to form wedding manacles.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Catastrophic, the government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Catastrophic, hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Catastrophic, OIS Catastrophic Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere'.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Catastrophic, foreign leaders are advising that Leader's letters must have gotten lost in the mail.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Catastrophic, powerful x-ray machines used by the Customs Department can see into the homes of nearby residents.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Catastrophic, wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Catastrophic, the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Catastrophic, travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air OIS Catastrophic flights to avoid the pay lavatories.
