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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 Imperialist Pig Dog Oppressors
Raving towards the end.
Influence
Hegemony
Supreme Technocratic Khanship
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Orcuo

Population9.248 billion

Currencychocolate chip cookies
Animalsquid

The Weep and Mourn for I am here of Orcuo is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.248 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 Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and International Aid are ignored. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Orcuoan economy, worth a remarkable 4,045 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 437,472 chocolate chip cookieses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, every citizen must submit to DNA testing to be eliminated from police inquiries, and Maxtopians are both starving and giddy after the Orcuoan military unleashed its biological weapons. 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 143,406th in the world and 2nd in Despotic Magnates of the Cognoscenti for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 611.77 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 22ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 27thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 38thMost Patriotic: 104thHighest Average Incomes: 953rdHighest Poor Incomes: 963rdMost Valuable International Artwork: 1,244thLargest Black Market: 1,352ndLargest Governments: 1,901stHighest Average Tax Rates: 2,087thMost Corrupt Governments: 2,141stMost Avoided: 2,339thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 3,103rdTop
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Most Armed: 3,180thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 5,233rdMost Secular: 5,762ndRudest Citizens: 6,086thHighest Economic Output: 6,317thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 6,972ndMost Conservative: 8,918thFattest Citizens: 8,951stLargest Mining Sector: 11,858thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 12,538thTop
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 16,779thMost Authoritarian: 17,043rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 19,052ndLongest Average Lifespans: 20,715thLowest Crime Rates: 22,032ndMost Developed: 22,226thMost Efficient Economies: 23,246th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, Maxtopians are both starving and giddy after the Orcuoan military unleashed its biological weapons.
  • : Orcuo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : Orcuo proposed constructing embassies between Despotic Magnates of the Cognoscenti and Timoria.
  • : Orcuo relocated from Timoria to Despotic Magnates of the Cognoscenti.
  • : Orcuo lodged a message on the Timoria Regional Message Board.
  • : Orcuo relocated from Despotic Magnates of the Cognoscenti to Timoria.
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, every citizen must submit to DNA testing to be eliminated from police inquiries.
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits.
  • : Following new legislation in Orcuo, the military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks".
  • : Orcuo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.

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