by Max Barry

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Most Extreme: 36thMost Authoritarian: 95thMost Conservative: 150th
The Queendom of
Psychotic Dictatorship
State
Influence
Handshaker
Region
Civil Rights
Outlawed
Economy
Imploded
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Iscos

Population18.166 billion

CapitalCapital Heights

Currencybetale
Animaldeer

The Queendom of Iscos is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 18.166 billion Iscosians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Public Transport, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 74.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Iscosian economy, worth 74.4 trillion betales 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 slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. 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 4,094 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, cars are banned, and Iscos has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iscos's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Iscos is ranked 18,785th in the world and 5th in Missouri for Most Stationary, with 1,660.82706207 days.

Top
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Most Extreme: 36thMost Authoritarian: 95thMost Conservative: 150thMost Income Equality: 266thTop
5%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 9,040thTop
10%
Most Stationary: 18,785thLargest Populations: 19,301stMost Pacifist: 21,524thHighest Average Tax Rates: 26,987th
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Most Conservative: 1st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1st in the regionMost Pacifist: 1st in the regionMost Income Equality: 1st in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Primitive: 1st in the regionMost Extreme: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Iscos was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : Iscos's influence in Missouri rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
  • : Iscos was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : Iscos was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : Iscos was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Iscos's influence in Missouri rose from "Vassal" to "Truckler".
  • : Iscos was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Iscos was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead and Most Zombies.
  • : Iscos was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Populations.
  • : Iscos's influence in Missouri rose from "Apprentice" to "Vassal".

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