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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 5,742ndLargest Retail Industry: 8,359thHighest Disposable Incomes: 10,556th
The Wired Goddess of
Capitalist Paradise Corporate Slave State
No matter where you go, everyone is connected.
Influence
Squire
Region
Civil Rights
Excellent
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Some

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Lain

Population10.19 billion

CapitalCyberia
LeaderLain Iwakura

CurrencyPsyche
AnimalBear

The Wired Goddess of Lain is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Lain Iwakura with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working population of 10.19 billion citizens of the Wired are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cyberia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Wired economy, worth 980 trillion Psyches a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 96,200 Psyches, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 371,298 per year while the poor average 17,123, a ratio of 21.7 to 1.

Angst-filled teenagers are rushing off to buy government bonds for some odd reason, suit-clad businessmen have been taking advantage of the relaxed welfare qualifications by shopping with food stamps, terrorists are on a first name basis with the officials that stamp their passports, and the public are free to vote for whomever the government wants in office. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Lain's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lain is ranked 176,625th in the world and 90th in Japan for Most Stationary, with 86.30239615532 days.

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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 5,742ndLargest Retail Industry: 8,359thHighest Disposable Incomes: 10,556thLargest Gambling Industry: 12,530thTop
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 17,705thMost Rebellious Youth: 21,780thMost Scientifically Advanced: 25,050thMost Compassionate Citizens: 25,210thHighest Drug Use: 25,374thMost Inclusive: 25,393rdNicest Citizens: 26,603rdHighest Food Quality: 26,944th
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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 3rd in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 5th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 5th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 5th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 5th in the regionTop
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Largest Black Market: 8th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 9th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 10th in the regionFattest Citizens: 10th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 11th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Lain's influence in Japan rose from "Hatchling" to "Squire".
  • : Lain relocated from Lazarus to Japan.
  • : Lain altered its national flag.
  • : Lain was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : Lain ceased to exist in Japan.
  • : Lain was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Information Technology Sector.
  • : Lain was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured.
  • : Lain was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.
  • : Lain was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured.
  • : Lain's influence in Japan rose from "Page" to "Squire".

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