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The 🌪️cataclysmic catastrophe❄️ of Vando0sa

“Weiter, weiter ins Verderben”

Category: Mother Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Good
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Vassal

Location: The Glorious Nations of Iwaku

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Vando0sa

Population23.375 billion

CapitalSerico
LeaderQueen Nehelenia
FaithApotheosis of Raideron

Currencycek
Animalfaerie

The 🌪️cataclysmic catastrophe❄️ of Vando0sa is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Nehelenia with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, frequent executions, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 23.375 billion youkai are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Industry, and Environment also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Serico. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient youkai economy, worth an astonishing 21,398 trillion ceks 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. 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 a breathtaking 915,428 ceks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has declared that too much democracy gets in the way of sensible leadership, the Coast Guard is pioneering a quixotic program to train fish, the central government is trying to keep things flowing, and a breakdown in Westphalian sovereignty has left political scientists dazed and confused. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Vando0sa's national animal is the faerie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Apotheosis of Raideron.

Vando0sa is ranked 191,487th in the world and 124th in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 698.91 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.

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Highest Poor Incomes: 11thMost Advanced Public Education: 16thMost Rebellious Youth: 24thHighest Average Incomes: 27thMost Patriotic: 28thMost Armed: 31stMost Scientifically Advanced: 33rdMost Inclusive: 33rdLargest Black Market: 37thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 39thMost Efficient Economies: 40thLargest Information Technology Sector: 41stMost Subsidized Industry: 46thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 46thLargest Governments: 48thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 50thHighest Average Tax Rates: 59thHighest Crime Rates: 63rdMost Advanced Public Transport: 63rdMost Secular: 78thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 85thHighest Food Quality: 120thHighest Economic Output: 122ndSmartest Citizens: 133rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 168thMost Corrupt Governments: 187thMost Cultured: 200thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 204thMost Beautiful Environments: 217thFattest Citizens: 222ndRudest Citizens: 256thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 325thMost Valuable International Artwork: 463rdLargest Soda Pop Sector: 522ndLargest Gambling Industry: 910thMost Cheerful Citizens: 1,072ndLargest Welfare Programs: 1,439thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,530thLargest Retail Industry: 1,570thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1,779thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2,085thTop
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Most Avoided: 3,405thMost Influential: 4,194thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 7,815thLargest Publishing Industry: 11,914thLargest Populations: 13,024th
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Most Rebellious Youth: 1st in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1st in the regionMost Patriotic: 1st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Food Quality: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1st in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Secular: 1st in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionLargest Governments: 1st in the regionSmartest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 1st in the regionMost Inclusive: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Cultured: 2nd in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 3rd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 3rd in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 3rd in the regionRudest Citizens: 4th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 4th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 4th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 5th in the regionFattest Citizens: 5th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 5th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 6th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 7th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 7th in the regionTop
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Most Avoided: 10th in the regionLargest Populations: 15th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Vando0sa, a breakdown in Westphalian sovereignty has left political scientists dazed and confused.
  • : Following new legislation in Vando0sa, the central government is trying to keep things flowing.
  • : Vando0sa lodged a message on the The Glorious Nations of Iwaku Regional Message Board.
  • : Following new legislation in Vando0sa, the Coast Guard is pioneering a quixotic program to train fish.
  • : Following new legislation in Vando0sa, the government has declared that too much democracy gets in the way of sensible leadership.
  • : Vando0sa was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Mother Knows Best State".
  • : Following new legislation in Vando0sa, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps.
  • : Following new legislation in Vando0sa, legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills.
  • : Following new legislation in Vando0sa, paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark.
  • : Following new legislation in Vando0sa, the annual budget is heralded by the Treasury Minister donning a fake plastic mustache and giant star-shaped glasses.

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