The Spectacular Skies of Gio Farm 25 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, enslaved workforce, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.99 billion Gio Farm 25ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 68.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Gio Farm 25ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,218 trillion cards a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 135,534 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.
The government snoops on private internet connections, former arsonists can be found on local fire brigades, every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver, and the masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio Farm 25's national animal is the farmer.
Gio Farm 25 is ranked 43,480th in the world and 148th in Giovanniland for Lowest Crime Rates, with 76.31 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Gio Farm 25, the masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience.
- : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 25, every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver.
- : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 25, former arsonists can be found on local fire brigades.
- : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 25, the government snoops on private internet connections.
- : Gio Farm 25 was reclassified from "Moralistic Democracy" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 25, power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky.
- : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 25, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health.
- : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 25, political clichés like "band-aid solutions" and "adrenaline shots to the economy" are headed for the dumpster.
- : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 25, internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be.
- : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 25, a video of Leader wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news.
