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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 22ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 27thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 38th
The Weep and Mourn for I am here of
Iron Fist Consumerists Champions of Commerce
Raving towards the end.
Influence
Hegemony
Supreme Technocratic Khanship
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Orcuo

Population9.224 billion

Currencychocolate chip cookies
Animalsquid

The Weep and Mourn for I am here of Orcuo is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its smutty television, pith helmet sales, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.224 billion Orcuoans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Environment and International Aid not funded at all. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Orcuoan economy, worth a remarkable 4,030 trillion chocolate chip cookieses 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 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 an amazing 436,933 chocolate chip cookieses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities, requests to "pass the salt" are supported by tank divisions, war criminals are given full state funerals, and the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Orcuo's national animal is the squid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Orcuo is ranked 22,095th in the world and 1st in Despotic Magnates of the Cognoscenti for Most Developed, scoring 86.18 on the Human Development Index.

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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 22ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 27thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 38thMost Patriotic: 107thHighest Average Incomes: 954thHighest Poor Incomes: 957thMost Valuable International Artwork: 1,248thLargest Black Market: 1,348thLargest Governments: 1,901stHighest Average Tax Rates: 2,104thMost Corrupt Governments: 2,148thMost Avoided: 2,268thMost Armed: 3,080thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 3,084thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 5,560thMost Secular: 5,765thRudest Citizens: 6,056thHighest Economic Output: 6,339thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 6,980thMost Conservative: 8,625thFattest Citizens: 8,941stLargest Mining Sector: 11,846thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 12,460thTop
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Most Authoritarian: 16,586thLargest Information Technology Sector: 16,686thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 19,013thLongest Average Lifespans: 20,803rdMost Developed: 22,095thMost Efficient Economies: 23,194thLowest Crime Rates: 23,217th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Orcuo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : Orcuo's influence in Despotic Magnates of the Cognoscenti fell from "Hermit" to "Hegemony".
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid.
  • : Orcuo altered its national flag.
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, war criminals are given full state funerals.
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, requests to "pass the salt" are supported by tank divisions.
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities.
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, military spending recently hit a new high.
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces.
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, solar death ray construction will commence as soon as it rains chocolate chip cookieses.

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