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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 21stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 24thMost Devout: 35th
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Apostolites

Population18.21 billion

CapitalMegas Solomon
LeaderHoly Emperor
FaithHoly Emperor's Word

Currencyichthys
AnimalEagle

The Holy Empire of Apostolites is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Holy Emperor with an iron fist, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, avant-garde cinema, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.21 billion Apostolites 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, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Megas Solomon. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Apostolitesian economy, worth an astonishing 12,230 trillion ichthys 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 a breathtaking 671,662 ichthys, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Military instructors tire of being asked for another bedtime story by seven-year-old conscripts, Apostolitesian soldiers are assured their new ray-guns will finally power up after the next round of ominous chanting, migrating birds in the nation's airspace are considered a violation of national sovereignty, and foreign governments are looking into weaponizing the infamous Apostolitesian bee. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Apostolites's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Holy Emperor's Word.

Apostolites is ranked 315,109th in the world and 2nd in Holy Imperial Hegemony for Nudest, with 0.5 cheeks per square mile.

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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 21stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 24thMost Devout: 35thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 37thMost Corrupt Governments: 41stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 65thLowest Crime Rates: 118thLargest Black Market: 123rdMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 129thHighest Average Incomes: 134thMost Patriotic: 192ndLargest Governments: 241stMost Ignorant Citizens: 275thHighest Average Tax Rates: 302ndLargest Insurance Industry: 407thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 488thHighest Economic Output: 576thLargest Mining Sector: 591stHighest Poor Incomes: 878thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,046thMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,060thMost Conservative: 1,132ndMost Avoided: 1,242ndMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,398thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,419thTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 3,171stMost Subsidized Industry: 3,968thMost Authoritarian: 4,291stMost Advanced Public Education: 4,295thHealthiest Citizens: 8,731stHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 8,832ndLargest Information Technology Sector: 10,471stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 14,123rdTop
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Most Influential: 20,311thLargest Agricultural Sector: 20,742ndLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 21,442ndLargest Populations: 21,459thMost Stationary: 24,743rdMost Extreme: 27,145th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, foreign governments are looking into weaponizing the infamous Apostolitesian bee.
  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, migrating birds in the nation's airspace are considered a violation of national sovereignty.
  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, Apostolitesian soldiers are assured their new ray-guns will finally power up after the next round of ominous chanting.
  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, military instructors tire of being asked for another bedtime story by seven-year-old conscripts.
  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, the new Grand Inquisitor of Righteous Scientific Inquiry has ordered a surprising amount of hemlock.
  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, children have nightmares about the eerie red glow and constant whirring of newly-installed machines.
  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country.
  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, only government officials may operate computers.
  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, requests to "pass the salt" are supported by tank divisions.
  • : Following new legislation in Apostolites, citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims.

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