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10000 Islands' Featured Nation - Jagow!

The Commonwealth of Jagow
Jagow

"From our hearts, comes our strength"

National Animal: Hawk

Currency: Vas

National Summary:
The Commonwealth of Jagow is a small, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its smutty television and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 40 million Jagowians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 16.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Jagowian economy, worth 2.72 trillion Vas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 67,949 Vas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is regarded as a paragon of democracy, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, statue-sitting has replaced the stake-out as the dullest form of police duty, and park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jagow's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Jagow is a new member on the forums and has begun to get involved in Island life. We are excited to have them here and can't wait to see where their XKI career takes them next! They have already been posting on the RMB and are really getting involved!

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