The Protectorate of East India Trading Co is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 50 million Corporatists 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 tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order is also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.7%.
The thriving Corporatist economy, worth 3.89 trillion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 77,896 guilders, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 341,724 per year while the poor average 11,174, a ratio of 30.6 to 1.
Abortions are carried out secretly in shady backstreet clinics, science labs across the country languish in cobwebs as the government turns its attentions to spiritual matters, the police force is on a recruitment drive, and earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. East India Trading Co's national animal is the falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.
East India Trading Co is ranked 20,188th in the world and 855th in The North Pacific for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 6,124.23 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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East India Trading Co, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss.
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East India Trading Co, the police force is on a recruitment drive.
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East India Trading Co was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Fattest Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in
East India Trading Co, science labs across the country languish in cobwebs as the government turns its attentions to spiritual matters.
- : Following new legislation in
East India Trading Co, abortions are carried out secretly in shady backstreet clinics.
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East India Trading Co was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens, Most Avoided, Most Extreme, and Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry.
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East India Trading Co, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry.
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East India Trading Co, tax assessment offices double as polling stations.
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East India Trading Co, a spate of enforced closures has left 'Government FM' as the nation's only radio station.
- : Following new legislation in
East India Trading Co, martial law has been declared and the populace is kept under tight control.