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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 1,016thLargest Retail Industry: 1,192ndLargest Insurance Industry: 1,330th
The Principality of
Corporate Police State
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
Influence
Minnow
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Ezkio

Population12.267 billion

CapitalLilac Veritas
LeaderHwan
FaithGreed

Currencyezkian real
Animalvulture

The Principality of Ezkio is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Hwan with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, free-roaming dinosaurs, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 12.267 billion Ezkians 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 prioritizes Defense, with Industry and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lilac Veritas. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ezkioan economy, worth a remarkable 2,678 trillion ezkian reais a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 218,357 ezkian reais, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,694,675 per year while the poor average 7,314, a ratio of 231 to 1.

Sanitary products are sold in brown paper at hairdressers' salons, the government prefers to leave the past buried, air purifiers fight smoke machines on Ezkioan stage setups, and women mime their gynaecological symptoms with hand-puppets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Ezkio's national animal is the vulture, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Greed.

Ezkio is ranked 303,958th in the world and 305th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Most Cultured, scoring 23 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 1,016thLargest Retail Industry: 1,192ndLargest Insurance Industry: 1,330thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,355thLargest Gambling Industry: 1,414thMost Avoided: 1,435thHighest Disposable Incomes: 1,518thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,632ndFattest Citizens: 1,788thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 2,009thMost Secular: 2,222ndMost Ignorant Citizens: 2,265thTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 3,090thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 4,850thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 4,912thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5,054thRudest Citizens: 5,937thMost Efficient Economies: 6,023rdMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 6,145thLargest Mining Sector: 7,084thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 7,583rdHighest Average Incomes: 7,811thHighest Economic Output: 8,387thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 8,638thMost Conservative: 10,943rdMost Valuable International Artwork: 12,394thLargest Black Market: 13,654thLargest Agricultural Sector: 14,998thTop
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Most Patriotic: 15,754thMost Subsidized Industry: 17,323rdMost Scientifically Advanced: 20,715thLargest Information Technology Sector: 28,163rdLargest Governments: 28,554th
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Most Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1st in the regionFattest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Secular: 2nd in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 2nd in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 2nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 3rd in the regionTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 4th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 5th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 5th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5th in the regionRudest Citizens: 6th in the regionLargest Black Market: 7th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 8th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 9th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 14th in the regionMost Conservative: 15th in the regionTop
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Most Patriotic: 20th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 22nd in the regionLargest Populations: 23rd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 26th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 28th in the regionMost Extreme: 30th in the region

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