The Jovian Moon of Ganymedes is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.496 billion Ganymedesians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 66.3%.
The frighteningly efficient Ganymedesian economy, worth 686 trillion golds 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. 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 124,894 golds, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.
A weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order, EULAs remind customers that "Private Mode" is a browser setting rather than a promise, copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper, and enemy combatants are presumed guilty until proven innocent. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ganymedes's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Ganymedes is ranked 281,643rd in the world and 488th in Sophia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -5.66 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.
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Ganymedes was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
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Ganymedes, enemy combatants are presumed guilty until proven innocent.
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Ganymedes, copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper.
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Ganymedes, EULAs remind customers that "Private Mode" is a browser setting rather than a promise.
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Ganymedes, a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order.
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Ganymedes, politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads.
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Ganymedes was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Father Knows Best State".
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Ganymedes, enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice.
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Ganymedes, farmers sing lullabies to soothe their livestock to sleep.
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Ganymedes, the letters L, G, and B must never be grouped together.