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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 408thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,513thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2,112th
The Grand Duchy of
Corporate Police State
Aurum est potestas
Influence
Minnow
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Golden Towers

Population974 million

CapitalGolden Rod
LeaderCEO Doug Dimmadome

CurrencyDollar
AnimalShark

The Grand Duchy of Golden Towers is a huge, orderly nation, ruled by CEO Doug Dimmadome with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, otherworldly petting zoo, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 974 million Golden Towersians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Spirituality are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Golden Rod. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Golden Towersian economy, worth 145 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 148,991 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,357,571 per year while the poor average 1,833, a ratio of 740 to 1.

The police double as repo men, dessert dishes make up the Golden Towersian breakfast menu, roosters that herald the rising sun are immediately sent to the slaughterhouse, and women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up". Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force. Golden Towers's national animal is the Shark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Golden Towers is ranked 20,645th in the world and 30th in Chicken overlords for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 8,246.6 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 408thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,513thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2,112thLargest Gambling Industry: 2,867thFattest Citizens: 2,956thTop
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Most Avoided: 3,278thLargest Retail Industry: 3,367thHighest Disposable Incomes: 4,251stMost Ignorant Citizens: 4,312thMost Corrupt Governments: 12,632ndMost Devout: 12,849thTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 15,821stNudest: 15,824thLargest Insurance Industry: 16,124thLargest Mining Sector: 16,561stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 16,987thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 17,128thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 20,076thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 20,645thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 20,815thMost Patriotic: 20,996thMost Armed: 22,471stMost Efficient Economies: 24,602ndHighest Average Incomes: 25,083rdMost Valuable International Artwork: 25,947thMost Pro-Market: 30,192nd
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 3rd in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 4th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 7th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 8th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 9th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 10th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 11th in the regionFattest Citizens: 12th in the regionMost Avoided: 12th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 14th in the regionMost Devout: 15th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 16th in the regionNudest: 18th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 26th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 29th in the regionMost Armed: 30th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 30th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 30th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 33rd in the regionMost Patriotic: 36th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 37th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 39th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 50th in the regionMost Conservative: 60th in the regionLargest Black Market: 62nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 68th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 89th in the regionLargest Governments: 91st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 119th in the regionTop
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 263rd in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 310th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 312th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 382nd in the regionMost Average: 490th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 494th in the regionMost Developed: 789th in the regionTop
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Largest Insurance Industry: 1,630th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1,809th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Golden Towers was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Nudest.
  • : Following new legislation in Golden Towers, women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up".
  • : Following new legislation in Golden Towers, roosters that herald the rising sun are immediately sent to the slaughterhouse.
  • : Following new legislation in Golden Towers, dessert dishes make up the Golden Towersian breakfast menu.
  • : Following new legislation in Golden Towers, the police double as repo men.
  • : Following new legislation in Golden Towers, it takes a village to catch a criminal.
  • : Golden Towers was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Nudest.
  • : Golden Towers was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Nudest.
  • : Golden Towers was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Fattest Citizens and the Top 10% for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Following new legislation in Golden Towers, fistfighting vigilantes tend to suffer a lot of gunshot wounds.

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