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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 11,764thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 11,976thBest Weather: 14,772nd
The Republic of
Democratic Socialists
What?
Hjemmet til de velstående
Influence
Eminence Grise
Diplomacy Officer
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Very Strong
Political Freedom
Good

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Ostko

Population7.942 billion

CapitalVesper Bay
LeaderHjemmet til de velstående
Faith-nil-

Currencyoshr
AnimalSnake

The Republic of Ostko is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Hjemmet til de velstående with an even hand, and notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 7.942 billion Ostkoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vesper Bay. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Ostkoan economy, worth 552 trillion oshrs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is 69,523 oshrs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Torture is illegal, the once prosperous capital is in utter decline, the nation's official head of religious affairs is an atheist, and Hjemmet til de velstående has taken to wearing medal-adorned military uniform in all public appearances. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostko's national animal is the Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is -nil-.

Ostko is ranked 249,761st in the world and 1st in Verilisis for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 11,764thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 11,976thBest Weather: 14,772ndTop
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Most Beautiful Environments: 15,803rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 17,925thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 17,999thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 18,584thLeast Corrupt Governments: 24,280thLargest Welfare Programs: 26,797thSafest: 29,982nd

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ostko was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Ostko was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.
  • : Ostko was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.
  • : Ostko's influence in Verilisis fell from "Hermit" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Ostko's influence in Verilisis rose from "Eminence Grise" to "Hermit".
  • : Ostko was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Ostko's influence in Verilisis rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Ostko's influence in Verilisis fell from "Hermit" to "Enforcer".
  • : Ostko's influence in Verilisis rose from "Page" to "Hermit".
  • : Ostko relocated from Lazarus to Verilisis.

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