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Largest Insurance Industry: 2ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 5thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 8th
The Little Brotherhood of
Corporate Police State
Guns. Lots of guns.
Influence
Eminence Grise
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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The Real Matrix

Population39.08 billion

CapitalJoseph City
LeaderJoseph
FaithJosephism

Currencymoney
Animalviper

The Little Brotherhood of The Real Matrix is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Joseph with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, infamous sell-swords, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 39.08 billion followers of Joseph 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, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Industry and Healthcare are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Joseph City. The average income tax rate is 99.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Josephic economy, worth an astonishing 38,969 trillion monies a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 997,177 monies, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,522,450 per year while the poor average 90,622, a ratio of 60.9 to 1.

Gossip magazines are more interested in astrological stars than celebrity ones, the word 'elite' appears as a synonym for various insults in the Josephic Colonial Thesaurus, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, and no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. The Real Matrix's national animal is the viper, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Josephism.

The Real Matrix is ranked 246,228th in the world and 15th in The Axis of Evil for Most Secular, with 11.76 Atheism Rate.

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Largest Insurance Industry: 2ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 5thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 8thLargest Black Market: 10thLargest Mining Sector: 12thHighest Economic Output: 15thHighest Average Incomes: 15thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 26thLargest Agricultural Sector: 30thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 31stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 33rdLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 34thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 38thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 54thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 81stMost Patriotic: 102ndMost Corrupt Governments: 197thLargest Governments: 210thMost Efficient Economies: 222ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 223rdMost Subsidized Industry: 236thMost Avoided: 274thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 311thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 332ndLowest Crime Rates: 444thMost Advanced Public Transport: 516thFattest Citizens: 552ndLargest Retail Industry: 694thMost Primitive: 946thLargest Populations: 1,511thHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,685thMost Stationary: 1,765thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,146thTop
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 3,769thLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 5,446thRudest Citizens: 5,882ndMost Influential: 11,312thTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 14,221stLargest Publishing Industry: 18,186thHighest Poor Incomes: 19,591stMost World Assembly Endorsements: 20,075thMost Scientifically Advanced: 21,097thMost Conservative: 22,328thLongest Average Lifespans: 22,748thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 27,458th
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionMost Stationary: 1st in the regionMost Primitive: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 1st in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 1st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1st in the regionTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 2nd in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Patriotic: 2nd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2nd in the regionLargest Governments: 2nd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 2nd in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2nd in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 2nd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 2nd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 2nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 2nd in the region

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  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.
  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed and Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.
  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : The Real Matrix was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.

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