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The Corporate Dictatorship of Josephland

“Oderint Dum Metuant”

Category: Corporate Police State
Civil Rights:
Outlawed
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Handshaker

Location: The Alliance of Dictators

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Josephland

Population41.337 billion

CapitalJoseph City
LeaderJoseph
FaithJosephism

Currencymoney
Animalviper

The Corporate Dictatorship of Josephland is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Joseph with an iron fist, and renowned for its vat-grown people, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 41.337 billion follower of Josephs 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Industry, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Joseph City. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Josephic economy, worth an astonishing 42,235 trillion monies a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,021,744 monies, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 6,436,410 per year while the poor average 68,116, a ratio of 94.5 to 1.

Childish pranks are no laughing matter, the government burgles the houses of holidaying citizens, when you fly on Air Josephland you win a seat or you die, and wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Josephland's national animal is the viper, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Josephism.

Josephland is ranked 4,642nd in the world and 3rd in The Alliance of Dictators for Most Primitive, scoring 124.93 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 4thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 6thLargest Mining Sector: 7thLargest Insurance Industry: 7thLargest Black Market: 9thHighest Economic Output: 12thHighest Average Incomes: 16thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 21stLargest Cheese Export Sector: 23rdLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 26thLargest Agricultural Sector: 28thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 29thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 34thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 41stMost Advanced Defense Forces: 70thMost Patriotic: 128thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 139thMost Advanced Public Transport: 179thLargest Governments: 187thMost Corrupt Governments: 218thMost Subsidized Industry: 308thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 324thMost Stationary: 326thMost Avoided: 350thMost Efficient Economies: 376thLowest Crime Rates: 401stFattest Citizens: 569thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,024thHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,233rdLargest Populations: 1,408thLargest Retail Industry: 1,686thTop
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Most Primitive: 4,642ndMost Conservative: 5,462ndLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 5,517thMost Developed: 5,907thRudest Citizens: 5,920thMost Advanced Public Education: 6,065thMost Scientifically Advanced: 6,574thMost Influential: 7,341stTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 16,721stSmartest Citizens: 17,407thLongest Average Lifespans: 19,536thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 26,268thMost Authoritarian: 27,193rd
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Populations: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 2nd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 2nd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Stationary: 2nd in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 2nd in the regionTop
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Largest Governments: 3rd in the regionMost Patriotic: 3rd in the regionMost Primitive: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 3rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 4th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 5th in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 5th in the region

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