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Most Valuable International Artwork: 10,682ndMost Authoritarian: 13,946thBest Weather: 15,132nd
The Empire of
Psychotic Dictatorship
For the Greater Good of Usca
Influence
Squire
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Strong
Political Freedom
Rare

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Usca

Population2.254 billion

CapitalMoscow
LeaderPresident Ivan Romanoff
FaithChristianity

CurrencyUsca coin
Animallion

The Empire of Usca is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Ivan Romanoff with an iron fist, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, avant-garde cinema, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.254 billion Uscans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moscow. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Uscan economy, worth 180 trillion Usca coins 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. 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 79,973 Usca coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Major cities are suffering under water rationing, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", third world countries are rich in "I Love Moscow" t-shirts, and teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Usca's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Usca is ranked 280,095th in the world and 68th in The Galactics Union for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 20.42 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.

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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 16,495thMost Beautiful Environments: 18,320thMost Income Equality: 20,592ndMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 23,427thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 27,858thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 29,526thMost Advanced Public Transport: 30,616th
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 5th in the regionBest Weather: 8th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 8th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Usca was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
  • : Usca was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Zombified.
  • : Usca was ravaged by a Zombie Burster Horde from The Heliarchy of Rykil, infecting 80 million survivors and converting to a zombie exporter! Oh no!
  • : The Empire of Vorloni Dominion was cleansed by a Level 1 Strike Force Tactical Zombie Elimination Squad from Usca, killing 2 million zombies.
  • : Usca's influence in The Galactics Union rose from "Page" to "Squire".
  • : Usca lodged a message on the The Galactics Union Regional Message Board.
  • : Usca lodged a message on the The Galactics Union Regional Message Board.
  • : Usca was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
  • : Usca was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Usca was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.

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