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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 2,570thHighest Average Tax Rates: 2,855thMost Influential: 3,129th
The Bureaucracy of
Psychotic Dictatorship Communist Dictatorship
Where much is done to make sure nothing is accomplished
Influence
Squire
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
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Ithkuil

Population4.056 billion

Capitalbureau
Leadera bureaucrat
Faithbureaucracy

Currencypaper
Animalsloth

The Bureaucracy of Ithkuil is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by a bureaucrat with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, rampant corporate plagiarism, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.056 billion bureaucrats 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of bureau. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient bureaucratic economy, worth 715 trillion papers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 176,295 papers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Nothing is beneath the government after it has extracted all the oil, wildlife have trouble navigating the electric fences surrounding national forests, burial ceremonies have become as routinised as tax forms, and the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ithkuil's national animal is the sloth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is bureaucracy.

Ithkuil is ranked 5,733rd in the world and 50th in Refugia for Safest, scoring 126.71 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 2,570thHighest Average Tax Rates: 2,855thMost Influential: 3,129thTop
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Largest Welfare Programs: 3,738thLargest Governments: 3,763rdMost World Assembly Endorsements: 3,844thLowest Crime Rates: 4,188thMost Developed: 4,901stMost Pacifist: 4,930thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 5,028thMost Cultured: 5,084thMost Advanced Public Education: 5,235thMost Accessible: 5,387thLongest Average Lifespans: 5,506thMost Compassionate Citizens: 5,538thSafest: 5,733rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 5,935thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 6,337thHighest Food Quality: 6,508thMost Inclusive: 6,875thNicest Citizens: 7,381stSmartest Citizens: 8,053rdHealthiest Citizens: 8,073rdMost Advanced Public Transport: 8,314thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 9,639thNudest: 9,684thMost Patriotic: 10,563rdMost Beautiful Environments: 12,073rdLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 12,149thMost Subsidized Industry: 13,657thMost Efficient Economies: 14,539thHighest Average Incomes: 16,180thLargest Publishing Industry: 16,242ndTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 18,297thHighest Poor Incomes: 18,475thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 23,999thMost Devout: 24,859thMost Corrupt Governments: 24,871stMost Scientifically Advanced: 31,350th
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Most Patriotic: 5th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 7th in the regionMost Conservative: 9th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 11th in the regionTop
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Most Authoritarian: 14th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 14th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 15th in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 17th in the regionNudest: 19th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 20th in the regionMost Devout: 20th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 21st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 23rd in the regionLargest Governments: 23rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ithkuil was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Incomes.
  • : Ithkuil was endorsed by The Bees' Hive of Tuluni.
  • : Following new legislation in Ithkuil, the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless.
  • : Following new legislation in Ithkuil, burial ceremonies have become as routinised as tax forms.
  • : Following new legislation in Ithkuil, wildlife have trouble navigating the electric fences surrounding national forests.
  • : Following new legislation in Ithkuil, nothing is beneath the government after it has extracted all the oil.
  • : Ithkuil was endorsed by The Viceroyalty of Vile Island.
  • : Ithkuil voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Repeal "International Agricultural Biodiversity Safeguard"".
  • : Following new legislation in Ithkuil, music award shows include surprise polygraph segments.
  • : Following new legislation in Ithkuil, wandering bureaucrats are known for their one-track minds.

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