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The Syndicate of The Orion Home Planet

“Wouldn't you say it was worth a man's soul?”

Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
Civil Rights:
Very Good
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Regional Influence: Truckler

Location: United Earth Space Probe Agency

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The Orion Home Planet

Population10.018 billion

CapitalKinarvon
LeaderHarrad-Sar

CurrencyGold-pressed Latinum Strip
AnimalWing-slug

The Syndicate of The Orion Home Planet is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Harrad-Sar with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 10.018 billion Orions are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kinarvon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Orion economy, worth a remarkable 1,703 trillion Gold-pressed Latinum Strips a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 170,036 Gold-pressed Latinum Strips, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,335,144 per year while the poor average 5,414, a ratio of 246 to 1.

In coastal waters there are fifteen salvage divers per dead man's chest (yo ho ho), movie references are legally admissible in court, office thieves tell their employers kleptomania is a pregnancy symptom, and half of the nation's import/export industry is run from a location known only as 'Dead Man's Cove'. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Orion Home Planet's national animal is the Wing-slug, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Orion Home Planet is ranked 18,253rd in the world and 10th in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Most Stationary, with 1,679.65077918948 days.

Top
1%
Highest Crime Rates: 704thMost Armed: 898thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 973rdMost Avoided: 1,011thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,252ndFattest Citizens: 1,287thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,339thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,598thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 2,348thHighest Disposable Incomes: 2,620thLargest Retail Industry: 2,690thTop
5%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 3,216thMost Valuable International Artwork: 3,390thMost Rebellious Youth: 4,009thLargest Gambling Industry: 4,910thRudest Citizens: 5,728thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 5,866thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 6,579thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 6,954thMost Corrupt Governments: 7,396thLargest Mining Sector: 8,109thMost Secular: 10,365thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 12,967thMost Efficient Economies: 14,489thTop
10%
Highest Economic Output: 15,289thHighest Average Incomes: 16,007thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 17,444thMost Stationary: 18,253rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 22,910thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 26,387thMost Pro-Market: 26,504thMost Scientifically Advanced: 29,305th
Top
1%
Highest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 1st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1st in the regionFattest Citizens: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionTop
5%
Rudest Citizens: 2nd in the regionMost Influential: 2nd in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 2nd in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 3rd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 3rd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 4th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 4th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 4th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 5th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 6th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 6th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 6th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 7th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 8th in the regionTop
10%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 10th in the regionLargest Populations: 10th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 10th in the regionMost Stationary: 10th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 11th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 12th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 13th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 14th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 15th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 16th in the regionNudest: 16th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 16th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : The Orion Home Planet was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Following new legislation in The Orion Home Planet, half of the nation's import/export industry is run from a location known only as 'Dead Man's Cove'.
  • : Following new legislation in The Orion Home Planet, office thieves tell their employers kleptomania is a pregnancy symptom.
  • : Following new legislation in The Orion Home Planet, movie references are legally admissible in court.
  • : Following new legislation in The Orion Home Planet, in coastal waters there are fifteen salvage divers per dead man's chest (yo ho ho).
  • : Following new legislation in The Orion Home Planet, the "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches.
  • : The Orion Home Planet was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry.
  • : Following new legislation in The Orion Home Planet, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle.
  • : Following new legislation in The Orion Home Planet, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry.
  • : Following new legislation in The Orion Home Planet, people are bored of easy crossword puzzles.

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