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The Rogue Nation of GateWalker Kortexia

“I walk a long and meandering road”

Category: Corporate Bordello
Civil Rights:
Excellent
Economy:
Very Strong
Political Freedoms:
World Benchmark

Regional Influence: Eminence Grise

Location: Aenaroth

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GateWalker Kortexia

Population15.291 billion

CurrencyCodice
AnimalDragon

The Rogue Nation of GateWalker Kortexia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working, democratic population of 15.291 billion GateWalker Kortexians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Public Transport. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.7%.

The very strong GateWalker Kortexian economy, worth 903 trillion Codices a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 59,089 Codices, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 189,325 per year while the poor average 13,993, a ratio of 13.5 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, the right to free speech is being drastically curtailed, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and fruit market traders let their stock spoil rather than reduce their prices at the day's end. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. GateWalker Kortexia's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

GateWalker Kortexia is ranked 207,029th in the world and 3rd in Aenaroth for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -4.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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Most Stationary: 9,357thLargest Gambling Industry: 11,351stTop
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Least Corrupt Governments: 14,859thLargest Mining Sector: 22,208thLargest Populations: 26,371st

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