The Republic of Iephost Cards 1 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, enslaved workforce, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 3.849 billion Iephost Cards 1ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.1%.
The frighteningly efficient Iephost Cards 1ian economy, worth 536 trillion deniers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,429 deniers, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.
Aristocratic family trees are beginning to resemble tumbleweeds, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Iephost Cards 1 City Times is sold out, edutainment video games are taking Iephost Cards 1's students to the next level, and friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iephost Cards 1's national animal is the squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Iephost Cards 1 is ranked 12,701st in the world and 33rd in Chicken overlords for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 79,335.57 Standard Monetary Units.
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Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Iephost Cards 1, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns.
- : Following new legislation in Iephost Cards 1, edutainment video games are taking Iephost Cards 1's students to the next level.
- : Following new legislation in Iephost Cards 1, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Iephost Cards 1 City Times is sold out.
- : Iephost Cards 1 was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Moralistic Democracy".
- : Following new legislation in Iephost Cards 1, aristocratic family trees are beginning to resemble tumbleweeds.
- : Following new legislation in Iephost Cards 1, top-shelf magazines feature risqué centrefold spreads of ladies' wrists.
- : Following new legislation in Iephost Cards 1, ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties.
- : Following new legislation in Iephost Cards 1, the homeless more often beg for mercy than money.
- : Following new legislation in Iephost Cards 1, contemporary art museums showcase the latest in centuries-old art.
- : Following new legislation in Iephost Cards 1, every politician claims to be at least 1% Native Iephost Cards 1ian.
