The Empire of Gio5 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, unlimited-speed roads, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.49 billion Gio5ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 34.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The thriving Gio5ian economy, worth 550 trillion Gold Orbs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,448 Gold Orbs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.
Corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio5's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Gio5 is ranked 235,652nd in the world and 165th in Giovanniland for Most Pacifist, with 32.19 cheeks turned per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Gio5, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police.
- : Following new legislation in Gio5, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police.
- : Following new legislation in Gio5, no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it.
- : Following new legislation in Gio5, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians.
- : Following new legislation in Gio5, years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details.
- : Following new legislation in Gio5, trick-or-treaters and circus clowns have been arrested under suspicion of being renegade vigilantes.
- : Following new legislation in Gio5, the government is under the thumb of countless special interests.
- : Following new legislation in Gio5, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings.
- : Following new legislation in Gio5, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy.
- : Following new legislation in Gio5, hordes of unemployed lumberjacks have resorted to cutting down utility poles to satisfy their cravings.
