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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 353rdLargest Mining Sector: 1,605thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2,572nd
The Matriarchy of
Authoritarian Democracy
Strength Through Freedom
Influence
Sprat
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Oslasa68

Population6.702 billion

CurrencyGold
AnimalGiraffe

The Matriarchy of Oslasa68 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.702 billion Oslasa68ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 67.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Oslasa68ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,434 trillion Golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 213,973 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, freighter lifeboats have been replaced by state of the art marker buoys so divers can recover the cargo after they sink, and all industry is owned and run by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oslasa68's national animal is the Giraffe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Oslasa68 is ranked 221,206th in the world and 8,471st in Balder for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.84 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 353rdLargest Mining Sector: 1,605thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2,572ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 2,602ndTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 3,282ndLargest Black Market: 3,774thMost Corrupt Governments: 4,114thMost Armed: 5,852ndMost Subsidized Industry: 6,457thHighest Poor Incomes: 7,648thMost Patriotic: 8,200thHighest Average Incomes: 8,576thMost Avoided: 8,798thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 11,037thMost Efficient Economies: 13,430thTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 15,240thHealthiest Citizens: 16,178thLowest Crime Rates: 18,415thHighest Disposable Incomes: 18,767thHighest Economic Output: 19,263rdLargest Information Technology Sector: 21,288thMost Advanced Public Education: 22,922ndMost Secular: 23,991stLargest Governments: 25,000thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 25,289thMost Scientifically Advanced: 25,399thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 26,059thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 27,674th
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 17th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 67th in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 160th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 178th in the regionLargest Black Market: 237th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 245th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 249th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 260th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 397th in the regionMost Armed: 450th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 506th in the regionMost Avoided: 531st in the regionTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 682nd in the regionMost Patriotic: 714th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 936th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 975th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 1,019th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1,115th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Oslasa68 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Incomes, Largest Black Market, Highest Poor Incomes, Most Avoided, and Most Patriotic.
  • : Oslasa68 was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, the Top 5% for Highest Poor Incomes, and the Top 10% for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Following new legislation in Oslasa68, all industry is owned and run by the government.
  • : Oslasa68 was reclassified from "Moralistic Democracy" to "Authoritarian Democracy".
  • : Following new legislation in Oslasa68, freighter lifeboats have been replaced by state of the art marker buoys so divers can recover the cargo after they sink.
  • : Following new legislation in Oslasa68, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes.
  • : Following new legislation in Oslasa68, the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers.
  • : Following new legislation in Oslasa68, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep.
  • : Oslasa68 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry and the Top 10% for Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in Oslasa68, the government has implemented minimum wage laws.

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