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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 439thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,081stFattest Citizens: 1,704th
The Free Land of
Corporate Police State
Money...
Influence
Minnow
Region
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Sigmacorp

Population1.597 billion

CapitalHQ

Currencybitcoin
Animalpig

The Free Land of Sigmacorp is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, vat-grown people, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.597 billion customers are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of HQ. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.0%.

The frighteningly efficient corporate economy, worth 282 trillion bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 176,678 bitcoins, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,606,674 per year while the poor average 2,217, a ratio of 724 to 1.

Corporations have to consult a fifty-page "sanctions spreadsheet" to determine which countries they are allowed to do business with, foreign football clubs wave the corporate flag before every game, every citizen must submit to DNA testing to be eliminated from police inquiries, and athletes are renowned for being the best at maths. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sigmacorp's national animal is the pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Sigmacorp is ranked 22,109th in the world and 1,488th in Balder for Most Patriotic, with 45.11 flags saluted per person per day.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 439thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,081stFattest Citizens: 1,704thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,737thLargest Retail Industry: 1,810thHighest Disposable Incomes: 2,484thTop
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Most Avoided: 2,980thMost Secular: 3,417thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 4,790thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 4,881stLargest Gambling Industry: 5,836thMost Corrupt Governments: 5,917thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 7,323rdLargest Mining Sector: 8,441stMost Efficient Economies: 12,469thTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 14,530thLargest Agricultural Sector: 14,775thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 16,535thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 16,885thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 19,949thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 20,587thMost Patriotic: 22,109thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 22,572ndMost Subsidized Industry: 23,066thMost Scientifically Advanced: 24,095th
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 44th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 61st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 68th in the regionFattest Citizens: 97th in the regionTop
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 114th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 162nd in the regionMost Avoided: 167th in the regionMost Secular: 182nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 234th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 273rd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 278th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 286th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 390th in the regionTop
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Largest Mining Sector: 578th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 586th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 594th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 605th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 768th in the regionRudest Citizens: 817th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 843rd in the regionMost Extreme: 893rd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,020th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1,049th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, athletes are renowned for being the best at maths.
  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, every citizen must submit to DNA testing to be eliminated from police inquiries.
  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, foreign football clubs wave the corporate flag before every game.
  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, corporations have to consult a fifty-page "sanctions spreadsheet" to determine which countries they are allowed to do business with.
  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, corrupt industrial practices are spreading like a plague.
  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, recent events have left citizens both shaken and stirred.
  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour.
  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, swarms of present-laden delivery drones blot out the sun before major holidays.
  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, rural customers stare in awe at the bright lights of the big cities.
  • : Following new legislation in Sigmacorp, Customers have become death, the destroyer of worlds.

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