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The Republic of Ovtichenko

“As one, united and free”

Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Fair
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Apprentice

Location: The DankLeft Commune

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Ovtichenko

Population2.31 billion

CapitalDyyar
LeaderIsmail Golovanov
FaithBavoskianism

Currencyruble
Animalleopard

The Republic of Ovtichenko is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ismail Golovanov with an iron fist, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The cynical population of 2.31 billion Ovtichenkoans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dyyar. The average income tax rate is 60.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ovtichenkoan economy, worth 69.1 trillion rubles a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,902 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens brought into court for parking violations are never heard from again, private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, police detectives carry phrenology calipers as part of their standard kit, and relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ovtichenko's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bavoskianism.

Ovtichenko is ranked 178,873rd in the world and 3rd in The DankLeft Commune for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 108.6 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, police detectives carry phrenology calipers as part of their standard kit.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, citizens brought into court for parking violations are never heard from again.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, the deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts".
  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, public projects are synonymous with yawn-inducing conformity.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, businesses have become paranoid as waves of lawsuits sweep the nation.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, the poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills.
  • : Following new legislation in Ovtichenko, many aides in Ismail Golovanov's office are known to be serial jaywalkers.

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