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Most Devout: 5,297thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 8,633rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 9,660th
The Loving Couple of
Father Knows Best State
Ship Fan!
Influence
Truckler
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
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-I-ShipIt

Population7.473 billion

CapitalGalbadia
LeaderSeifer
FaithCards

Currencydollar
Animaldove

The Loving Couple of -I-ShipIt is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Seifer with an iron fist, and renowned for its smutty television, aversion to nipples, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.473 billion -I-ShipItians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Galbadia. The average income tax rate is 79.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient -I-ShipItian economy, worth 936 trillion dollars 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 large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 125,359 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The state believes that children are what you make of them, the Gallery of Instasnap is the most popular museum in the country, 1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, and the deceased are buried mostly to hide them from state-sanctioned corpse-collectors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -I-ShipIt's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

-I-ShipIt is ranked 274,422nd in the world and 18th in Krillin for Most Primitive, scoring -171.8 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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Most Devout: 5,297thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 8,633rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 9,660thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 13,623rdTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 17,490thLargest Black Market: 19,416thMost Corrupt Governments: 19,767thHighest Average Tax Rates: 20,248thHighest Poor Incomes: 23,471stLowest Crime Rates: 23,977thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 26,027thMost Advanced Public Education: 26,809thMost Influential: 28,686thMost Patriotic: 29,095thLargest Governments: 29,616thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 30,250thMost Developed: 31,123rd
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 2nd in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3rd in the regionMost Devout: 3rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, the deceased are buried mostly to hide them from state-sanctioned corpse-collectors.
  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, 1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive.
  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, the Gallery of Instasnap is the most popular museum in the country.
  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, the state believes that children are what you make of them.
  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, the national defense strategy is a little floppy.
  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, Seifer's latest speech included a bizarre reference to MaxWow incontinence pads being 50% more absorbent than the next leading brand.
  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, the word "sexagenarian" has taken on a whole new meaning.
  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, Seifer claims to know what infants are thinking.
  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, foundling babies rarely make it off the doorsteps they are abandoned on.
  • : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt, the practice of capital punishment proves divisive.

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