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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 6,209thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 16,688thLargest Mining Sector: 17,966th
The Jovian Moon of
Father Knows Best State
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Ganymedes

Population5.496 billion

Currencygold
AnimalElephant

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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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 6,209thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 16,688thTop
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Largest Mining Sector: 17,966thMost Patriotic: 22,334thMost Advanced Public Education: 23,235thLargest Black Market: 24,195thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 29,387thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 31,512thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 31,717th
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2nd in the regionTop
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Largest Black Market: 8th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 10th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 15th in the regionLargest Populations: 15th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 17th in the regionMost Patriotic: 17th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 17th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 22nd in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 22nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 25th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 26th in the regionTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 28th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 29th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 29th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 30th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 31st in the regionLargest Governments: 36th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 38th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 44th in the regionMost Developed: 46th in the regionMost Devout: 50th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 52nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ganymedes was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
  • : Following new legislation in Ganymedes, enemy combatants are presumed guilty until proven innocent.
  • : Following new legislation in Ganymedes, copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper.
  • : Following new legislation in Ganymedes, EULAs remind customers that "Private Mode" is a browser setting rather than a promise.
  • : Following new legislation in Ganymedes, a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order.
  • : Following new legislation in Ganymedes, politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads.
  • : Ganymedes was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Father Knows Best State".
  • : Following new legislation in Ganymedes, enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice.
  • : Following new legislation in Ganymedes, farmers sing lullabies to soothe their livestock to sleep.
  • : Following new legislation in Ganymedes, the letters L, G, and B must never be grouped together.

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