Population | 1.576 billion |
Currency | Halicarnassus |
Animal | White Phoenix |
The OIS-0207 of OIS Guttural is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 1.576 billion OIS Gutturalians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 64.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The all-consuming OIS Gutturalian economy, worth 171 trillion Halicarnassuses a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,888 Halicarnassuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.
Business ambassadors offer bong tokes to foreign leaders, the tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, Leader has been seen stealthily slicing fifths off bread loaves, and the entire entry for OIS Guttural in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. OIS Guttural's national animal is the White Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
OIS Guttural is ranked 95,443rd in the world and 352nd in Ordo Imperialia for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,690.64 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, the entire entry for OIS Guttural in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, Leader has been seen stealthily slicing fifths off bread loaves.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, the tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, business ambassadors offer bong tokes to foreign leaders.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, people are turning themselves into worm food.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried White Phoenix Dung" has been declared a national treasure.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, supervisors in OIS Guttural commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence.
- : Following new legislation in OIS Guttural, balaclava manufacturers are held criminally culpable for bank heists.