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Nudest: 2,015thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 8,099thMost Authoritarian: 9,112th
The Agony Sphere of
Corrupt Dictatorship
You can suffer in silence or suffer screaming.
Influence
Page
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Weak
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Wetwork XIII

Population6.566 billion

CapitalWar Forge
LeaderKranos Mournival
Faiththe Cult of Kranos the Ascended

CurrencyGarrotte
AnimalFlayed Victim

The Agony Sphere of Wetwork XIII is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Kranos Mournival with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.566 billion Workillians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of War Forge. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Wetworkian economy, worth 287 trillion Garrottes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 43,816 Garrottes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's entirely possible foreign diplomats misheard when Wetwork XIII offered the words "peace be upon you", red rinses are frequently applied to grey hair, Kranos Mournival can be seen doing doughnuts in a new Rambogini, and kids are told they can be whoever they want to be when they grow up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wetwork XIII's national animal is the Flayed Victim, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Cult of Kranos the Ascended.

Wetwork XIII is ranked 60,643rd in the world and 76th in The Brotherhood of Malice for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.61 law-abiding acts per hour.

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1%
Nudest: 2,015thTop
5%
Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 8,099thMost Authoritarian: 9,112thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 12,063rdTop
10%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 24,999thHighest Average Tax Rates: 25,338thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 26,429th
Top
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Nudest: 3rd in the regionTop
10%
Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 19th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 29th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 29th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 30th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Wetwork XIII's influence in The Brotherhood of Malice rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
  • : Wetwork XIII was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Unexpected Death Rate.
  • : Following new legislation in Wetwork XIII, kids are told they can be whoever they want to be when they grow up.
  • : Wetwork XIII was reclassified from "Psychotic Dictatorship" to "Corrupt Dictatorship".
  • : Following new legislation in Wetwork XIII, Kranos Mournival can be seen doing doughnuts in a new Rambogini.
  • : Following new legislation in Wetwork XIII, red rinses are frequently applied to grey hair.
  • : Wetwork XIII was reclassified from "Corrupt Dictatorship" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
  • : Following new legislation in Wetwork XIII, it's entirely possible foreign diplomats misheard when Wetwork XIII offered the words "peace be upon you".
  • : Wetwork XIII was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in Wetwork XIII, genetic screening weeds out citizens whose legs don't bend easily at the knee.

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