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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 6,974thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 9,095thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 17,995th
The Republic of
Iron Fist Consumerists
I tire of the weight of mortality
Influence
Eminence Grise
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Few

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Ioke 15

Population6.7 billion

Currencysalt
Animalllama

The Republic of Ioke 15 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its digital currency, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6.7 billion Ioke 15ians 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, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.1%.

The all-consuming Ioke 15ian economy, worth 630 trillion salts 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, 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 94,135 salts, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 561,667 per year while the poor average 7,200, a ratio of 78.0 to 1.

There has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, drill sergeants yell in the ears of bespectacled nerds in cybermilitary "reboot camps", children seem to be getting better at lying these days, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ioke 15's national animal is the llama, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ioke 15 is ranked 109,164th in the world and 2nd in Feria for Safest, scoring 79.34 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

Top
5%
Highest Wealthy Incomes: 6,974thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 9,095thTop
10%
Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 17,995thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 26,233rd

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ioke 15's influence in Feria rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Ioke 15's influence in Feria rose from "Dealmaker" to "Enforcer".
  • : Ioke 15's influence in Feria rose from "Instigator" to "Dealmaker".
  • : Ioke 15's influence in Feria rose from "Contender" to "Instigator".
  • : Ioke 15's influence in Feria rose from "Negotiator" to "Contender".
  • : Ioke 15's influence in Feria rose from "Ambassador" to "Negotiator".
  • : Ioke 15's influence in Feria rose from "Envoy" to "Ambassador".
  • : Ioke 15's influence in Feria rose from "Handshaker" to "Envoy".
  • : Ioke 15's influence in Feria rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
  • : Ioke 15 resigned from the World Assembly.

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