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Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 5,733rdLargest Retail Industry: 6,352ndMost Subsidized Industry: 7,830th
The Loving Couple of
Iron Fist Consumerists Champions of Commerce
Ship Fan!
Influence
Truckler
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

I-Ship-It

Population11.312 billion

CapitalKumandra
LeaderBenja
FaithCards

Currencydollar
Animaldove

The Loving Couple of I-Ship-It is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Benja with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, ubiquitous missile silos, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.312 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kumandra. The average income tax rate is 76.5%.

The frighteningly efficient I-Ship-Itian economy, worth a remarkable 1,628 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 143,929 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Populations of two-headed doves have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites, private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375, and descriptions of properties as "a stone's throw from the city centre" require a trebuchet to be true. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very 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 243,327th in the world and 21st in St Abbaddon for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.69 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 5,733rdLargest Retail Industry: 6,352ndMost Subsidized Industry: 7,830thLargest Black Market: 9,873rdLargest Mining Sector: 10,266thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 12,450thLargest Information Technology Sector: 12,958thTop
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 15,779thMost Advanced Public Education: 15,908thMost Scientifically Advanced: 16,413thMost Valuable International Artwork: 16,653rdMost Efficient Economies: 18,184thMost Corrupt Governments: 19,182ndLargest Soda Pop Sector: 20,482ndMost Stationary: 20,951stHighest Economic Output: 21,263rdMost Influential: 21,572ndMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 21,933rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 21,973rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 24,813thMost Developed: 25,685thLargest Governments: 25,810thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 26,968thHighest Average Incomes: 28,599th
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Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Subsidized Industry: 3rd in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 3rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : I-Ship-It's influence in St Abbaddon fell from "Handshaker" to "Truckler".
  • : I-Ship-It's influence in St Abbaddon rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
  • : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
  • : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
  • : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
  • : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport and Most Advanced Public Education.
  • : I-Ship-It was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.

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