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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 10,860thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 13,961stMost Authoritarian: 21,353rd
The Theocracy of
Psychotic Dictatorship
By the Blessing of the Rock and the Holy Oyster
Influence
Minnow
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Reasonable
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Optimasia

Population67 million

CurrencyBong
AnimalOyster

The Theocracy of Optimasia is a large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, disturbing lack of elderly people, and frequent executions. The cynical population of 67 million Optimasians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 56.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Optimasian economy, worth 3.33 trillion Bongs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 49,688 Bongs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A typical fast food menu item could serve a small army, behind every local dictator is an Optimasian advisor whispering in their ear, people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, and conscientious objectors are hanged as traitors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Optimasia's national animal is the Oyster, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Optimasia is ranked 68,436th in the world and 1,491st in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.42 law-abiding acts per hour.

Top
5%
Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 10,860thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 13,961stTop
10%
Most Authoritarian: 21,353rd

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Optimasia's influence in The South Pacific rose from "Zero" to "Minnow".
  • : Optimasia relocated from Chaos land to The South Pacific.
  • : Following new legislation in Optimasia, conscientious objectors are hanged as traitors.
  • : Following new legislation in Optimasia, people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy.
  • : Following new legislation in Optimasia, behind every local dictator is an Optimasian advisor whispering in their ear.
  • : Following new legislation in Optimasia, a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army.
  • : Following new legislation in Optimasia, vaccinations are mandatory.
  • : Optimasia was reclassified from "Corrupt Dictatorship" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
  • : Optimasia's influence in Chaos land rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
  • : Optimasia's influence in Chaos land rose from "Zero" to "Sprat".

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