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The Magnificent Mushrooms of Gio Farm 14

“Card Farming”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Powerhouse
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Squire

Location: Giovanniland

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Gio Farm 14

Population9.088 billion

Currencycard
Animalfarmer

The Magnificent Mushrooms of Gio Farm 14 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, otherworldly petting zoo, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.088 billion Gio Farm 14ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Gio Farm 14ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,089 trillion cards 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, Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. 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 impressive 119,834 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, the government is paving paradises to put up parking lots, and the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio Farm 14's national animal is the farmer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gio Farm 14 is ranked 23,416th in the world and 14th in Giovanniland for Most Beautiful Environments, with 939.42 pounds of wildlife per square mile.

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5%
Largest Black Market: 9,186thMost Armed: 12,630thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 13,555thTop
10%
Most Devout: 14,736thBest Weather: 15,120thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 17,435thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 20,456thMost Corrupt Governments: 20,914thMost Beautiful Environments: 23,416thMost Patriotic: 23,501stMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 25,620thHighest Poor Incomes: 26,273rdLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 26,557thHighest Economic Output: 27,582ndMost Advanced Defense Forces: 28,567thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 29,055th
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5%
Best Weather: 5th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 12th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 14th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 16th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 16th in the regionLargest Populations: 19th in the regionLargest Black Market: 23rd in the regionMost Devout: 24th in the regionTop
10%
Most Stationary: 26th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 42nd in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 47th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 48th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Gio Farm 14 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market and the Top 10% for Highest Economic Output, Highest Poor Incomes, Most Beautiful Environments, and Most Patriotic.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 14, the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 14, the government is paving paradises to put up parking lots.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 14, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 14, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 14, squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 14, the relatives of suicide victims tend to be angry rather than sad.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 14, tabloids coo over Leader's expected child.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 14, stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues.
  • : Following new legislation in Gio Farm 14, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber.

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