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The Command Cyborg of Paradroid

“Don't worry, it's our latest beta release.”

Category: Iron Fist Consumerists
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Vassal

Location: Testregionia

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Paradroid

Population33.554 billion

CapitalParadroidCity
LeaderMrDroid
FaithAtheism

Currencychip
Animalmouse

The Command Cyborg of Paradroid is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by MrDroid with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, aversion to nipples, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 33.554 billion Paradroidians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ParadroidCity. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 87.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Paradroidian economy, worth a remarkable 6,040 trillion chips 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 Retail, Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. 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 180,024 chips, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 729,918 per year while the poor average 29,556, a ratio of 24.7 to 1.

Candidates for public office painstakingly research their family trees to ensure their eligibility, the Intelligence services are renowned for their godless ways, liberals and conservatives try to disqualify each other's candidates on the grounds that "their ideas would never work in the real world", and the alien invasion siren sounds eerily like a UFO. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paradroid's national animal is the mouse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Atheism.

Paradroid is ranked 275,153rd in the world and 41st in Testregionia for Most Primitive, scoring -172.91 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

Top
1%
Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,054thLargest Black Market: 1,173rdHighest Economic Output: 2,534thTop
5%
Largest Populations: 3,401stLargest Publishing Industry: 3,688thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,046thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 4,206thMost Advanced Public Education: 5,003rdLargest Retail Industry: 5,271stMost Corrupt Governments: 7,384thMost Secular: 8,341stMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 9,021stLargest Mining Sector: 9,245thMost Subsidized Industry: 11,351stMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 12,117thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 12,260thHighest Average Tax Rates: 13,623rdHighest Average Incomes: 15,272ndTop
10%
Largest Governments: 16,612thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 18,126thMost Advanced Public Transport: 19,098thMost Efficient Economies: 20,628thMost Cultured: 21,945thLowest Crime Rates: 22,589thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 23,997thSmartest Citizens: 25,553rdLargest Information Technology Sector: 26,681stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 26,828th
Top
5%
Highest Economic Output: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 2nd in the regionTop
10%
Largest Retail Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 3rd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 4th in the regionMost Secular: 4th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 4th in the regionLargest Populations: 4th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 4th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 4th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 5th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 5th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Paradroid was cleansed by a Level 5 Invasion Tactical Zombie Elimination Squad from The Republic of Fake Testlandia, killing 1 million zombies.
  • : Paradroid was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Dead.
  • : Paradroid was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombies, the Top 5% for Most Dead and Most Survivors, and the Top 10% for Most Zombified.
  • : Following new legislation in Paradroid, the alien invasion siren sounds eerily like a UFO.
  • : Following new legislation in Paradroid, liberals and conservatives try to disqualify each other's candidates on the grounds that "their ideas would never work in the real world".
  • : Following new legislation in Paradroid, the Intelligence services are renowned for their godless ways.
  • : Following new legislation in Paradroid, candidates for public office painstakingly research their family trees to ensure their eligibility.
  • : Following new legislation in Paradroid, write-in candidate 'MrDroid Sucks' is perennially popular.
  • : Following new legislation in Paradroid, teenagers haven't been seen outdoors since the nation reconnected to the Internet.
  • : Following new legislation in Paradroid, most towns have their MrDroid High School located on MrDroid Street.

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