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Largest Insurance Industry: 1,009thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,146thLargest Information Technology Sector: 1,639th
The Jur'Seear Sector Shipyard of
Father Knows Best State
Fueling the Galactic Economy one starship at a time
Influence
Superpower
Speaker of the Grand Council
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Ovono

Population7.478 billion

CapitalVokonis
LeaderViceroy Praxon Bdar

CurrencyHarajj Credits
AnimalNajji

The Jur'Seear Sector Shipyard of Ovono is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Viceroy Praxon Bdar with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, flagrant waste-dumping, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 7.478 billion Ovonoans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vokonis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Ovonoan economy, worth a remarkable 2,260 trillion Harajj Credits 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 302,343 Harajj Credits, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

Laborers are building walls and making Wezeltonia pay for it, the government is cutting back on the number of political prisoners executed each year, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, and Viceroy Praxon Bdar has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ovono's national animal is the Najji, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ovono is ranked 10,183rd in the world and 1st in The Greater Jikirian Harajj for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 3,118.62 on the Societal Mobility Rating.

Top
1%
Largest Insurance Industry: 1,009thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,146thLargest Information Technology Sector: 1,639thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1,895thMost Secular: 1,943rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2,397thHighest Average Incomes: 2,970thMost Scientifically Advanced: 2,980thLargest Black Market: 3,302ndTop
5%
Most Corrupt Governments: 3,897thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 3,951stLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5,676thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 6,659thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 7,489thSmartest Citizens: 8,084thMost Patriotic: 8,236thLargest Mining Sector: 8,275thMost Advanced Public Education: 8,412thRudest Citizens: 8,545thLargest Governments: 9,403rdFattest Citizens: 10,061stMost Advanced Public Transport: 10,183rdMost Developed: 10,533rdLowest Crime Rates: 11,677thHighest Economic Output: 11,916thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 15,715thTop
10%
Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 16,863rdHighest Poor Incomes: 17,478thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 17,906thMost Valuable International Artwork: 18,394thMost Efficient Economies: 19,265thLargest Retail Industry: 19,725thHighest Average Tax Rates: 22,163rdMost Subsidized Industry: 23,731stHighest Disposable Incomes: 26,325thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 27,789thMost Avoided: 32,829th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Ovono, Viceroy Praxon Bdar has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished.
  • : Ovono was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Black Market and the Top 5% for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry and Rudest Citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovono, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovono, the government is cutting back on the number of political prisoners executed each year.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovono, laborers are building walls and making Wezeltonia pay for it.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovono, maintaining economic growth is no laughing matter.
  • : Ovono was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovono, street cleaners are noticeably glum during jubilee celebrations.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovono, warfare increasingly resembles a video game.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovono, groups of government workers are declared protected tribes if they venture too deep into the Capitol.

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