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Most Ignorant Citizens: 30,387th
The Republic of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Mission Accomplished
Influence
Minnow
Region
Civil Rights
Good
Economy
Fair
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Opianoc

Population10 million

Currencyopias
AnimalEagle

The Republic of Opianoc is a tiny, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 10 million Opianocians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 60.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fair Opianocian economy, worth 311 billion opias a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,168 opias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Opianoc's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Opianoc is ranked 182,241st in the world and 44th in The Invaders for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 922.08 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.

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