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The Chess Player of Gio Farm 110

“Card Farming”

Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Regional Influence: Squire

Location: Giovanniland

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Gio Farm 110

Population8.187 billion

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Animalfarmer

The Chess Player of Gio Farm 110 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its parental licensing program, pith helmet sales, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.187 billion Gio Farm 110ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Gio Farm 110ian economy, worth 959 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,174 cards, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 487,903 per year while the poor average 18,395, a ratio of 26.5 to 1.

The nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor, Leader's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, and rich people sell their mansions to pay for endless rows of mobile homes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio Farm 110's national animal is the farmer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gio Farm 110 is ranked 38,012th in the world and 120th in Giovanniland for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,872.22 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 14,529thTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 17,436thMost Rebellious Youth: 17,723rdLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 18,280thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 20,571stLargest Cheese Export Sector: 22,258thLargest Publishing Industry: 24,622ndMost Corrupt Governments: 28,011th
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Most Rebellious Youth: 8th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 20th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 20th in the regionTop
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 31st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Gio Farm 110 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 110, rich people sell their mansions to pay for endless rows of mobile homes.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 110, Leader's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 110, stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 110, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 110, cold medicines curiously become cheaper when government officials sneeze.
  • : Gio Farm 110 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Gio Farm 110's influence in Giovanniland rose from "Page" to "Squire".
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 110, the transit system is throwing poor people under the bus.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 110, no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it.

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