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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3,231stMost Armed: 13,449thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 19,543rd
The Device Control 4 of
Psychotic Dictatorship Communist Dictatorship
Reisen, Zeit, Medizin, Underhaltung, Computerwelt.
Influence
Apprentice
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Rare

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0x14

Population8.35 billion

CapitalPort 443
LeaderIsaac Asimov

Currencybyte
AnimalRAM

The Device Control 4 of 0x14 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Isaac Asimov with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.35 billion 0x14ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port 443. The average income tax rate is 41.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming 0x14ian economy, worth 790 trillion bytes 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Information Technology. 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 94,719 bytes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events, the nation is constantly threatened with invasion but at least homosexuality in the military isn't a problem, and open-heart surgery is taught in seminaries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 0x14's national animal is the RAM, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

0x14 is ranked 27,902nd in the world and 21st in Bytes for Most Stationary, with 1,405.17901040708 days.

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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3,231stMost Armed: 13,449thTop
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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 19,543rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 22,403rdMost Corrupt Governments: 22,669thLargest Black Market: 24,225thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 25,191stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 26,892ndMost Stationary: 27,902nd
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3rd in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 8th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 10th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 11th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 11th in the regionTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 12th in the regionLargest Populations: 14th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 15th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 16th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 16th in the regionMost Armed: 16th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 17th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 18th in the regionMost Extreme: 19th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 20th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 21st in the regionMost Stationary: 21st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Devout.
  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Devout.
  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : 0x14 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Manufacturing Sector and the Top 10% for Most Subsidized Industry.

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