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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 3,840thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,008thMost Subsidized Industry: 10,430th
The Oppressed Peoples of
Psychotic Dictatorship
Our way or the highway
Influence
Contender
Research Officer
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Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
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Zoe life

Population11.041 billion

CapitalMesopotamia
LeaderSovereign
FaithMelchizedek Order

Currencygold coins
AnimalDove

The Oppressed Peoples of Zoe life is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Sovereign with an iron fist, and remarkable for its fear of technology, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.041 billion Zoe lifeans 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mesopotamia. The average income tax rate is 86.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zoe lifean economy, worth a remarkable 1,268 trillion gold coins 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. 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 impressive 114,931 gold coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Mesopotamia XV Regiment (aka "The Goat Starers") have yet to win a battle, all beauty contests have been banned, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, and environmental officials dismiss uncontrolled wildfires burning down major cities as nature taking its course. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zoe life's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Melchizedek Order.

Zoe life is ranked 14,115th in the world and 5th in Ancient for Most Stationary, with 1,845.1078816302 days.

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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 3,840thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,008thMost Subsidized Industry: 10,430thSafest: 11,714thHighest Average Tax Rates: 13,291stLargest Mining Sector: 13,356thMost Stationary: 14,115thLowest Crime Rates: 14,212thTop
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Most Influential: 15,773rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 16,325thHighest Poor Incomes: 17,539thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 18,923rdLargest Governments: 19,249thMost Developed: 21,034thMost Corrupt Governments: 21,475thMost Efficient Economies: 21,503rdLongest Average Lifespans: 21,757thHighest Economic Output: 22,063rdLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 22,533rdMost Advanced Public Education: 23,449thMost Authoritarian: 24,302ndMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 25,658thLargest Black Market: 26,434th
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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 1st in the regionSafest: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionMost Income Equality: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, environmental officials dismiss uncontrolled wildfires burning down major cities as nature taking its course.
  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus.
  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, all beauty contests have been banned.
  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, the Mesopotamia XV Regiment (aka "The Goat Starers") have yet to win a battle.
  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game.
  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, the day of rest is much more restful.
  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, Zoe lifeans are fixin' ta comma any way they wanna.
  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, slow dancing is made trickier when Auntie Edna insists on standing between the couple's arms.
  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, talking during class is a gateway to lifelong drug addiction.
  • : Following new legislation in Zoe life, maintaining economic growth is no laughing matter.

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