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The Wicked Realms of Wicko

“Wicked!”

Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Average
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Powerbroker

Location: New Coalition of Nations

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Wicko

Population31.759 billion

CapitalGreat Coven
Leaderthe Warmage
Faiththe Weirding Way

Currencyнех
AnimalHissing Cat

The Wicked Realms of Wicko is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Warmage with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 31.759 billion Wicked 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 tiny, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Coven. The average income tax rate is 3.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wicked economy, worth an astonishing 10,710 trillion нехs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 337,251 нехs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children grow up believing the sun to be a myth, electrocution deaths among computer technicians are at an all-time high, a milk bath costs more than bathing in money, and ADHD now stands for Attention Distracted by Hardware Devices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Wicko's national animal is the Hissing Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is the Weirding Way.

Wicko is ranked 4,061st in the world and 5th in New Coalition of Nations for Highest Food Quality, scoring 222.11 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

Top
1%
Most Scientifically Advanced: 541stHighest Disposable Incomes: 552ndHighest Economic Output: 707thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 930thLargest Information Technology Sector: 971stHighest Poor Incomes: 1,297thLargest Publishing Industry: 1,607thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1,774thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1,877thLargest Insurance Industry: 2,018thHighest Average Incomes: 2,022ndSmartest Citizens: 2,114thMost Developed: 2,331stHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 2,819thLargest Mining Sector: 2,847thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2,873rdTop
5%
Healthiest Citizens: 3,061stLongest Average Lifespans: 3,216thMost Cultured: 3,328thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 3,369thLargest Populations: 3,514thHighest Food Quality: 4,061stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 4,350thLargest Black Market: 4,517thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 4,799thMost Corrupt Governments: 4,821stMost Efficient Economies: 5,660thMost Inclusive: 5,811thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5,984thRudest Citizens: 6,643rdLowest Crime Rates: 7,395thMost Patriotic: 7,647thMost Influential: 8,590thLargest Retail Industry: 9,002ndLargest Governments: 10,190thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 11,362ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 12,693rdTop
10%
Most Secular: 16,399thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 17,434thLargest Agricultural Sector: 20,299thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 24,143rdMost Subsidized Industry: 27,179th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Wicko voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Ban on Juvenile Life Sentences without Parole".
  • : Wicko voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Repeal "Sustainable Forest Management"".
  • : Wicko was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Developed, Highest Poor Incomes, Highest Disposable Incomes, Highest Economic Output, and Highest Average Incomes.
  • : Wicko's influence in New Coalition of Nations fell from "Power" to "Powerbroker".
  • : Wicko's influence in New Coalition of Nations rose from "Powerbroker" to "Power".
  • : Wicko was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
  • : Wicko's influence in New Coalition of Nations fell from "Power" to "Powerbroker".
  • : Wicko's influence in New Coalition of Nations rose from "Sprat" to "Power".
  • : Following new legislation in Wicko, ADHD now stands for Attention Distracted by Hardware Devices.
  • : Following new legislation in Wicko, a milk bath costs more than bathing in money.

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