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The Community of LocaPeople

“La gente esta muy loca”

Category: Iron Fist Consumerists
Civil Rights:
Unheard Of
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: The East Pacific

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LocaPeople

Population2.007 billion

CurrencyKoruna
AnimalPig

The Community of LocaPeople is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, infamous sell-swords, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.007 billion LocaPeopleans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Education are ignored. The average income tax rate is 57.7%.

The frighteningly efficient LocaPeoplean economy, worth 393 trillion Korunas 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. 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 196,116 Korunas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', sushi is sold on the black market, the news of budget cuts leaves a sour taste in LocaPeoplean mouths, and the nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. LocaPeople's national animal is the Pig, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

LocaPeople is ranked 2,301st in the world and 36th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 20,447.62 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.

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1%
Most Primitive: 280thMost Ignorant Citizens: 308thMost Devout: 919thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,065thLargest Mining Sector: 1,074thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,274thMost Avoided: 1,576thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2,017thFattest Citizens: 2,120thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 2,301stTop
5%
Largest Soda Pop Sector: 3,563rdMost Corrupt Governments: 3,887thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 4,375thMost Armed: 4,522ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 4,654thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 5,658thNudest: 7,392ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 8,480thHighest Disposable Incomes: 11,236thMost Patriotic: 11,579thHighest Average Incomes: 11,861stLargest Black Market: 12,251stMost Authoritarian: 13,171stLargest Retail Industry: 14,621stMost Conservative: 14,838thTop
10%
Highest Poor Incomes: 18,109thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 21,353rdMost Subsidized Industry: 27,027th
Top
1%
Most Primitive: 9th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 9th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 13th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 14th in the regionMost Devout: 18th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 21st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 24th in the regionMost Avoided: 28th in the regionFattest Citizens: 31st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 36th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 38th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 50th in the regionTop
5%
Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 62nd in the regionMost Armed: 64th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 64th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 88th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 89th in the regionNudest: 93rd in the regionLargest Black Market: 99th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 155th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 185th in the regionMost Patriotic: 195th in the regionTop
10%
Largest Retail Industry: 259th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 284th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 301st in the regionMost Conservative: 311th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 391st in the regionRudest Citizens: 426th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 478th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in LocaPeople, the nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny.
  • : LocaPeople was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Zombified.
  • : LocaPeople was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian and the Top 10% for Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in LocaPeople, the news of budget cuts leaves a sour taste in LocaPeoplean mouths.
  • : Following new legislation in LocaPeople, sushi is sold on the black market.
  • : Following new legislation in LocaPeople, citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'.
  • : Following new legislation in LocaPeople, terrified tympanists are finding themselves on the front lines armed only with kettledrums.
  • : Following new legislation in LocaPeople, the words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence.
  • : Following new legislation in LocaPeople, all recreational drugs are legal.
  • : Following new legislation in LocaPeople, young people devote their entire lives to the faith.

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