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Most Valuable International Artwork: 134thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3,063rdLargest Black Market: 6,733rd
The Gio of
Authoritarian Democracy
Card Farming is the way!
Influence
Minnow
Governor
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Average

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GiovanniCards

Population9.531 billion

CapitalCard Cathedral
LeaderGio the Card Farmer
FaithCard Farming

CurrencyCard
AnimalFarmer

The Gio of GiovanniCards is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Gio the Card Farmer with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 9.531 billion Card Farmers are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Card Cathedral. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Card Farmer economy, worth a remarkable 1,454 trillion Cards 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. 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 152,644 Cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, and banning party poppers has been a real party pooper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GiovanniCards's national animal is the Farmer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Card Farming.

GiovanniCards is ranked 251,738th in the world and 548th in Giovanniland for Most Stationary, with 18.72410607212 days.

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Most Valuable International Artwork: 134thTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3,063rdLargest Black Market: 6,733rdLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 7,268thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 7,281stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 7,932ndMost Devout: 10,434thHighest Poor Incomes: 12,440thMost Patriotic: 13,027thTop
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Largest Mining Sector: 16,193rdMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 16,255thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 16,271stMost Corrupt Governments: 16,393rdHighest Economic Output: 18,575thHighest Average Incomes: 21,270thMost Subsidized Industry: 24,086thMost Scientifically Advanced: 26,702ndLowest Crime Rates: 27,769th
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 1st in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 1st in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 2nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Populations: 2nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 3rd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Black Market: 5th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 7th in the regionMost Devout: 8th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 17th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 22nd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 25th in the regionTop
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Most Patriotic: 30th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 31st in the regionRudest Citizens: 32nd in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 33rd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 34th in the regionLargest Governments: 40th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 41st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 45th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 45th in the regionMost Income Equality: 54th in the region

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