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Largest Welfare Programs: 2,418thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4,324thMost Cheerful Citizens: 4,536th
The Olympian Adherents of
Corrupt Dictatorship
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Omphalos

Population5.915 billion

CapitalRealm of Rheia
LeaderHera Pambasileia
FaithReformed Greek polytheism

Currencydrachma
Animalpeacock

The Olympian Adherents of Omphalos is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Hera Pambasileia with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 5.915 billion Omphalosians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Realm of Rheia. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Omphalosian economy, worth 657 trillion drachmas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 111,241 drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals, virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade, ghost regiments exist only on paper, and police officers often conceal their identities to safeguard against public complaints. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Omphalos's national animal is the peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Reformed Greek polytheism.

Omphalos is ranked 12,880th in the world and 187th in the West Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 96.8 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Welfare Programs: 2,418thTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 4,324thMost Cheerful Citizens: 4,536thBest Weather: 4,685thNicest Citizens: 4,846thMost Pacifist: 4,877thMost Compassionate Citizens: 5,032ndMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 5,450thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 7,049thLongest Average Lifespans: 7,490thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 8,180thHighest Average Tax Rates: 8,305thMost Cultured: 8,730thHealthiest Citizens: 9,822ndLowest Crime Rates: 12,880thLargest Governments: 13,942ndLargest Publishing Industry: 14,133rdMost Advanced Public Transport: 14,677thSmartest Citizens: 14,799thTop
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Most Devout: 15,106thMost Income Equality: 17,143rdSafest: 18,019thLargest Information Technology Sector: 22,998th
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Largest Welfare Programs: 37th in the regionTop
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Most Cheerful Citizens: 72nd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 76th in the regionBest Weather: 86th in the regionNicest Citizens: 88th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 91st in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 94th in the regionMost Devout: 107th in the regionMost Pacifist: 110th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 126th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 126th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 131st in the regionMost Cultured: 142nd in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 144th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 162nd in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 187th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 196th in the regionTop
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Largest Governments: 205th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 241st in the regionSmartest Citizens: 243rd in the regionMost Income Equality: 296th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 317th in the regionSafest: 335th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Omphalos, police officers often conceal their identities to safeguard against public complaints.
  • : Following new legislation in Omphalos, ghost regiments exist only on paper.
  • : Following new legislation in Omphalos, virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade.
  • : Following new legislation in Omphalos, obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals.
  • : Following new legislation in Omphalos, genocide is seen as a topic best avoided in history lessons.
  • : Following new legislation in Omphalos, many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators.
  • : Omphalos voted for the World Assembly Resolution "On International Foolish Behavior".
  • : Following new legislation in Omphalos, workers of "fairweather faith" claim six months of paid leave for holy days per year.
  • : Following new legislation in Omphalos, posing for pictures is an integral part of military training.
  • : Following new legislation in Omphalos, people accuse the government of being in bed with Big Safety.

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