Population | 2.518 billion |
Currency | florin |
Animal | dove |
The Sixth Step of Wield a Fist of Iron is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 2.518 billion Wield a Fist of Ironians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 51.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The strong Wield a Fist of Ironian economy, worth 165 trillion florins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,650 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.
The contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Wield a Fist of Iron, former school buses now regularly shuttle kids to the nearest shopping centers to work, Leader's Dreadnought-class tankbuster limousine is said to have more ammunition than the entire Brancalandian Army, and student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned doveball fields. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wield a Fist of Iron's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
Wield a Fist of Iron is ranked 87,222nd in the world and 1,437th in Suspicious for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 3,800.62 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : The Armed Republic of 66th Tank Battalion dismissed Wield a Fist of Iron as Railgun of North American Military Alliance.
- : Wield a Fist of Iron's influence in Suspicious rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Wield a Fist of Iron's influence in Suspicious rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Wield a Fist of Iron's influence in Suspicious rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Wield a Fist of Iron's influence in Suspicious rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Wield a Fist of Iron relocated from North American Military Alliance to Suspicious.
- : Wield a Fist of Iron applied to join the World Assembly.
- : Wield a Fist of Iron's influence in North American Military Alliance rose from "Negotiator" to "Contender".
- : Wield a Fist of Iron's influence in North American Military Alliance rose from "Ambassador" to "Negotiator".
- : Wield a Fist of Iron's influence in North American Military Alliance rose from "Duckspeaker" to "Ambassador".