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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 81stLargest Black Market: 353rdLargest Retail Industry: 375th
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Caserine Ylva Brynhildr af Raymryt
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Harmonic Empire

Population20.637 billion

CapitalIshkur
LeaderCaserine Ylva Brynhildr af Raymryt
FaithHarmonisch Asatru

CurrencyIshkurian Cepel
AnimalSandrau Wyvern

The Mitchell Verbell III daiyo~ of Harmonic Empire is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Caserine Ylva Brynhildr af Raymryt with an iron fist, and renowned for its strictly enforced bedtime, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 20.637 billion Ishkurians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ishkur. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ishkurian economy, worth an astonishing 11,154 trillion Ishkurian Cepels a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 540,520 Ishkurian Cepels, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,264,245 per year while the poor average 16,852, a ratio of 253 to 1.

Political loyalty is enforced by way of chemical addiction, bar brawls are an hourly occurrence, boot polish is the favourite lip gloss of entry-level corporate workers, and being nicknamed "Orange Face" has done Caserine Ylva Brynhildr af Raymryt's credibility no favours. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Harmonic Empire's national animal is the Sandrau Wyvern, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Harmonisch Asatru.

Harmonic Empire is ranked 445th in the world and 1st in Codex Ylvus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 13,972.88 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 81stLargest Black Market: 353rdLargest Retail Industry: 375thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 425thLargest Insurance Industry: 445thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 480thFattest Citizens: 490thHighest Average Incomes: 535thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 553rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 699thMost Secular: 707thMost Efficient Economies: 779thMost Armed: 784thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 789thHighest Economic Output: 896thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 924thLargest Information Technology Sector: 945thMost Scientifically Advanced: 1,042ndLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,070thMost Avoided: 1,182ndMost Corrupt Governments: 1,189thLargest Agricultural Sector: 1,276thRudest Citizens: 1,406thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,412thMost Subsidized Industry: 1,494thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,511thLargest Mining Sector: 2,023rdLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 2,349thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,352ndLargest Governments: 2,572ndLargest Cheese Export Sector: 2,701stSmartest Citizens: 2,709thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 3,064thTop
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Largest Publishing Industry: 3,832ndHighest Disposable Incomes: 5,274thMost Cultured: 5,404thMost Patriotic: 6,007thLargest Gambling Industry: 7,036thMost Advanced Public Education: 8,226thTop
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Largest Populations: 18,479thHighest Average Tax Rates: 19,327thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 25,643rd

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