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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 22ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 27thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 38th
The Weep and Mourn for I am here of
Iron Fist Consumerists
Raving towards the end.
Influence
Hegemony
Supreme Technocratic Khanship
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Orcuo

Population9.274 billion

Currencychocolate chip cookies
Animalsquid

The Weep and Mourn for I am here of Orcuo is a mammoth, orderly nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.274 billion Orcuoans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and International Aid aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Orcuoan economy, worth a remarkable 4,059 trillion chocolate chip cookieses 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. 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 437,718 chocolate chip cookieses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, every citizen must submit to DNA testing to be eliminated from police inquiries, Maxtopians are both starving and giddy after the Orcuoan military unleashed its biological weapons, and Dogman-branded weapons are all the rage in the militaristic comic-book community. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Orcuo's national animal is the squid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Orcuo is ranked 72,741st in the world and 2nd in Despotic Magnates of the Cognoscenti for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 132.33 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 22ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 27thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 38thMost Patriotic: 106thHighest Average Incomes: 957thHighest Poor Incomes: 965thMost Valuable International Artwork: 1,206thLargest Black Market: 1,358thLargest Governments: 1,902ndHighest Average Tax Rates: 2,093rdMost Corrupt Governments: 2,155thMost Avoided: 2,346thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 3,168thMost Armed: 3,179thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 5,263rdMost Secular: 5,811thRudest Citizens: 6,085thHighest Economic Output: 6,313thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 7,010thFattest Citizens: 8,953rdMost Conservative: 9,603rdLargest Mining Sector: 11,905thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 12,601stTop
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 16,905thMost Authoritarian: 17,801stLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 19,298thLongest Average Lifespans: 20,843rdLowest Crime Rates: 22,187thMost Developed: 22,363rdMost Efficient Economies: 23,316th

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