by Max Barry

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Highest Disposable Incomes: 2,021stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,185thLargest Insurance Industry: 2,438th
The Giovanniland TopLevel Domain of
Authoritarian Democracy
Giovanniland
Influence
Negotiator
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Some

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

GO

Population28.264 billion

CurrencyGio
AnimalGio

The Giovanniland TopLevel Domain of GO is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its vat-grown people, keen interest in outer space, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 28.264 billion GOians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 9.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient GOian economy, worth a remarkable 5,780 trillion Gios 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. 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 204,501 Gios, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, contrails and thunderous rumbles have returned to the skies above, nine-year-olds are discovering that they can grow gardens in real life too, and legend has it Leader's shower singing echoes through the halls of government. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. GO's national animal is the Gio, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

GO is ranked 6,402nd in the world and 1st in Spear Danes for Largest Black Market, with 1,211 trillion Standard Monetary Units.

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Highest Disposable Incomes: 2,021stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,185thLargest Insurance Industry: 2,438thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 3,250thTop
5%
Highest Economic Output: 3,455thMost Avoided: 3,616thMost Rebellious Youth: 3,717thLargest Publishing Industry: 5,068thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5,113thMost Efficient Economies: 5,891stLargest Black Market: 6,402ndLargest Mining Sector: 6,736thMost Scientifically Advanced: 8,820thLargest Populations: 8,897thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 9,039thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 9,080thHighest Average Incomes: 10,579thMost Subsidized Industry: 10,610thHighest Poor Incomes: 10,740thLargest Information Technology Sector: 10,807thMost Developed: 13,781stLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 13,976thSmartest Citizens: 14,541stTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 21,593rdLongest Average Lifespans: 23,174thMost Patriotic: 27,407th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in GO, legend has it Leader's shower singing echoes through the halls of government.
  • : Following new legislation in GO, nine-year-olds are discovering that they can grow gardens in real life too.
  • : Following new legislation in GO, contrails and thunderous rumbles have returned to the skies above.
  • : Following new legislation in GO, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods.
  • : Following new legislation in GO, government election advice reads like a restaurant menu.
  • : GO was reclassified from "Psychotic Dictatorship" to "Authoritarian Democracy".
  • : Following new legislation in GO, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park.
  • : Following new legislation in GO, prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer.
  • : Following new legislation in GO, jaw strain is an increasingly common ailment.
  • : Following new legislation in GO, "Darwin's Disease" is a growing cause of death.

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