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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 660thLargest Gambling Industry: 692ndLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,761st
The Megacorporation of
Corporate Police State Halliburton
There's no place like Texico
Influence
Hatchling
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

Overview Dispatches Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Texico

Population7.456 billion

CapitalTexicapita
LeaderRich Kruger
FaithAmalgamism

CurrencyDollaridoo
AnimalSea Turtle

The Megacorporation of Texico is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Rich Kruger with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 7.456 billion Texicans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, although Healthcare and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and Administration aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Texicapita. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Texicoan economy, worth 828 trillion Dollaridoos a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 111,081 Dollaridoos, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,003,597 per year while the poor average 1,482, a ratio of 677 to 1.

Recognizing the Texicoan flag qualifies you for citizenship, slavers view "what did your last slave die of" as a request for a demonstration, residents of new housing subdivisions complain about the total absence of supermarkets and restaurants, and children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-Dollaridoo charge on their phone bill. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Texico's national animal is the Sea Turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Amalgamism.

Texico is ranked 14,390th in the world and 761st in Lazarus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,475.67 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

Top
1%
Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 660thLargest Gambling Industry: 692ndLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,761stHighest Crime Rates: 2,060thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,423rdHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2,425thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 2,457thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2,792ndFattest Citizens: 2,980thMost Ignorant Citizens: 3,283rdTop
5%
Most Avoided: 3,415thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 3,466thMost Secular: 3,832ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 4,561stHighest Disposable Incomes: 6,975thLargest Insurance Industry: 14,390thMost Rebellious Youth: 15,275thLargest Retail Industry: 15,309thTop
10%
Most Corrupt Governments: 17,895thMost Valuable International Artwork: 27,289thMost Efficient Economies: 28,327thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 29,521stMost Armed: 31,032ndMost Pro-Market: 31,879thMost Subsidized Industry: 32,177th
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1%
Largest Gambling Industry: 27th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 39th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 82nd in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 91st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 105th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 113th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 119th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 125th in the regionFattest Citizens: 133rd in the regionMost Avoided: 136th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 145th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 167th in the regionTop
5%
Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 200th in the regionMost Secular: 206th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 291st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 545th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 649th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 679th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 761st in the regionTop
10%
Most Pro-Market: 938th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1,006th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1,166th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,255th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 1,393rd in the regionMost Armed: 1,413th in the regionMost Extreme: 1,634th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Texico's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Texico was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
  • : Texico's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Texico was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : Texico ceased to exist in Palmetto.
  • : Texico was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
  • : Texico was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector.
  • : Texico was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Avoided.
  • : Texico was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector.
  • : Texico was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, the Top 5% for Largest Retail Industry, and the Top 10% for Most Subsidized Industry.

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