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Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 50thLargest Insurance Industry: 58thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 74th
The Kabushiki Kaisha of
Compulsory Consumerist State
Inevitable, Inviolable, Invincible
Influence
Truckler
Region
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

The KoZ

Population16.231 billion

CapitalOsaka
LeaderLord KoZ
Faitha major religion

CurrencyKoZ-koku
Animalwhite elk

The Kabushiki Kaisha of The KoZ is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Lord KoZ with an iron fist, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, enslaved workforce, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 16.231 billion KoZians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osaka. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient KoZian economy, worth a remarkable 8,754 trillion KoZ-kokus a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 539,344 KoZ-kokus, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,568,953 per year while the poor average 31,394, a ratio of 113 to 1.

The government is avowedly atheist, euthanasia is legal, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, and reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The KoZ's national animal is the white elk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is a major religion.

The KoZ is ranked 285,570th in the world and 7th in Feudal Japan for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 2.34 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.

Top
1%
Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 50thLargest Insurance Industry: 58thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 74thHighest Disposable Incomes: 81stLargest Cheese Export Sector: 118thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 137thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 149thLargest Mining Sector: 195thFattest Citizens: 231stLargest Agricultural Sector: 232ndMost Avoided: 243rdLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 249thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 261stHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 262ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 305thHighest Average Incomes: 320thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 334thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 354thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 362ndLargest Manufacturing Sector: 527thMost Armed: 616thHighest Economic Output: 1,151stLargest Gambling Industry: 1,443rdLargest Retail Industry: 2,416thMost Corrupt Governments: 2,538thTop
5%
Most Scientifically Advanced: 3,140thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 3,215thLargest Publishing Industry: 3,525thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 3,617thRudest Citizens: 4,174thSmartest Citizens: 4,367thLargest Information Technology Sector: 5,354thMost Efficient Economies: 5,868thLowest Crime Rates: 7,709thTop
10%
Most Advanced Defense Forces: 15,779thLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 22,810thLargest Governments: 23,711thLargest Populations: 23,897thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 26,027thLargest Black Market: 28,513th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Average Incomes, Highest Wealthy Incomes, Highest Economic Output, Most Avoided, and Highest Disposable Incomes.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
  • : The KoZ's influence in Feudal Japan rose from "Vassal" to "Truckler".
  • : The KoZ lodged a message on the Feudal Japan Regional Message Board.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Defense Forces.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : The KoZ altered its national flag.
  • : The KoZ's influence in Feudal Japan rose from "Apprentice" to "Vassal".

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