Population | 6.204 billion |
Capital | Kumandra |
Leader | Benja |
Faith | Cards |
Currency | dollar |
Animal | dove |
The Loving Couple of I-Ship-It is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Benja with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, vat-grown people, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.204 billion I-Ship-Itians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kumandra. The average income tax rate is 70.5%.
The frighteningly efficient I-Ship-Itian economy, worth 869 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 140,099 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.
Smog in Kumandra is so bad that fresh air bottles are sold by street vendors, bald-headed monks sit around the National Meditation Park looking smugly content, vacationing hippies and old ladies are regularly arrested for bringing back contraband basketry, and the blood, sweat, and tears of poor I-Ship-Itians make research institutes rich. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. I-Ship-It's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.
I-Ship-It is ranked 139,271st in the world and 49th in St Abbaddon for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 643 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed, Most Advanced Public Education, Highest Foreign Aid Spending, Largest Black Market, and Highest Average Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in I-Ship-It, the blood, sweat, and tears of poor I-Ship-Itians make research institutes rich.
- : Following new legislation in I-Ship-It, vacationing hippies and old ladies are regularly arrested for bringing back contraband basketry.
- : Following new legislation in I-Ship-It, bald-headed monks sit around the National Meditation Park looking smugly content.
- : Following new legislation in I-Ship-It, smog in Kumandra is so bad that fresh air bottles are sold by street vendors.
- : Following new legislation in I-Ship-It, the police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes.
- : I-Ship-It was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Following new legislation in I-Ship-It, airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps.
- : Following new legislation in I-Ship-It, the government prefers to kill off its enemies by peaceful means.