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Largest Retail Industry: 5thMost Subsidized Industry: 226thLargest Gambling Industry: 297th
The Sheep shoop of
Compulsory Consumerist State
sheep shoop
Influence
Auxiliary
Easter Egg Hunter
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Vest Oldabre

Population10.702 billion

CapitalExalos
LeaderKyte Wardin
Faithbread

CurrencyPebbles
AnimalWood Jester

The Sheep shoop of Vest Oldabre is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Kyte Wardin with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory vegetarianism, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 10.702 billion mistakes are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Exalos. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Vest Oldabrean economy, worth a remarkable 4,306 trillion Pebbleses a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an amazing 402,392 Pebbleses, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,608,531 per year while the poor average 24,824, a ratio of 105 to 1.

Costumed characters wearing Maxtopian Grass leaves remind citizens that the government now sells the green stuff, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Exalos, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, and the "daily grind" consists of levelling up in tedious video games. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Vest Oldabre's national animal is the Wood Jester, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is bread.

Vest Oldabre is ranked 291,239th in the world and 172nd in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring -15.81 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

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Largest Retail Industry: 5thMost Subsidized Industry: 226thLargest Gambling Industry: 297thMost Corrupt Governments: 317thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 384thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 390thMost Avoided: 399thLargest Mining Sector: 444thMost Ignorant Citizens: 591stMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 602ndMost Efficient Economies: 617thLargest Insurance Industry: 759thHighest Average Incomes: 1,107thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,322ndLargest Black Market: 1,336thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,351stHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,534thMost Influential: 1,587thFattest Citizens: 1,607thRudest Citizens: 1,904thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,356thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 2,536thTop
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Largest Governments: 4,186thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 4,262ndHighest Economic Output: 4,305thHighest Disposable Incomes: 4,446thMost Primitive: 5,784thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 6,213thMost Secular: 8,883rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 13,265thTop
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Most Patriotic: 20,187thMost Stationary: 20,689th
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Largest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 2nd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 3rd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 3rd in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 3rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 4th in the regionMost Influential: 4th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 4th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 5th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 5th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 5th in the regionMost Avoided: 5th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 6th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 6th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 8th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 8th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 8th in the regionTop
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Fattest Citizens: 9th in the regionMost Primitive: 9th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 9th in the regionRudest Citizens: 10th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 10th in the regionLargest Black Market: 11th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 14th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Vest Oldabre, the "daily grind" consists of levelling up in tedious video games.
  • : Vest Oldabre was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Black Market, Highest Wealthy Incomes, Highest Average Incomes, Most Avoided, and Most Influential.
  • : Following new legislation in Vest Oldabre, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles.
  • : Vest Oldabre voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Police Accountability Act".
  • : Following new legislation in Vest Oldabre, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Exalos.
  • : Following new legislation in Vest Oldabre, costumed characters wearing Maxtopian Grass leaves remind citizens that the government now sells the green stuff.
  • : Following new legislation in Vest Oldabre, it's normal to start working life with crippling financial debt.
  • : Following new legislation in Vest Oldabre, policy reversals are more often graceful demi-détournés than u-turns.
  • : Following new legislation in Vest Oldabre, forecasts predict rains of loose lead and mortar shells for the next six weeks.
  • : Following new legislation in Vest Oldabre, most academic research has ground to a halt.

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