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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 4thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 4thLargest Insurance Industry: 7th
The Corporate Dictatorship of
Corporate Police State
Oderint Dum Metuant
Influence
Handshaker
Civil Rights
Outlawed
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Josephland

Population39.906 billion

CapitalJoseph City
LeaderJoseph
FaithJosephism

Currencymoney
Animalviper

The Corporate Dictatorship of Josephland is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Joseph with an iron fist, and remarkable for its triple-decker prams, compulsory military service, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 39.906 billion follower of Josephs 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, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Industry, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Joseph City. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Josephic economy, worth an astonishing 40,773 trillion monies a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,021,744 monies, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 6,436,410 per year while the poor average 68,116, a ratio of 94.5 to 1.

Childish pranks are no laughing matter, the government burgles the houses of holidaying citizens, when you fly on Air Josephland you win a seat or you die, and wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Josephland's national animal is the viper, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Josephism.

Josephland is ranked 336th in the world and 2nd in The Alliance of Dictators for Most Stationary, with 5,514.66313728 days.

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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 4thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 4thLargest Insurance Industry: 7thLargest Mining Sector: 8thLargest Black Market: 9thHighest Average Incomes: 12thHighest Economic Output: 13thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 21stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 24thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 24thLargest Agricultural Sector: 28thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 30thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 34thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 36thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 69thMost Patriotic: 89thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 144thLargest Governments: 188thMost Advanced Public Transport: 194thMost Corrupt Governments: 201stMost Subsidized Industry: 224thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 294thMost Stationary: 336thMost Avoided: 353rdMost Efficient Economies: 367thLowest Crime Rates: 392ndFattest Citizens: 568thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,114thHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,372ndLargest Populations: 1,454thLargest Retail Industry: 1,495thTop
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Most Primitive: 4,892ndMost Conservative: 5,735thRudest Citizens: 5,791stLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 6,020thMost Developed: 6,273rdMost Advanced Public Education: 6,310thMost Scientifically Advanced: 6,814thMost Influential: 7,633rdTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 17,638thSmartest Citizens: 18,026thLongest Average Lifespans: 20,226thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 25,142ndMost Authoritarian: 27,314thMost Devout: 28,806th
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Largest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Populations: 1st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 2nd in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 2nd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 2nd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Stationary: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the regionMost Patriotic: 3rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 3rd in the regionLargest Governments: 3rd in the regionTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 4th in the regionMost Primitive: 4th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 5th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 6th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 6th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 6th in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 6th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Josephland's influence in The Alliance of Dictators rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
  • : Josephland's influence in The Alliance of Dictators fell from "Handshaker" to "Truckler".
  • : Josephland's influence in The Alliance of Dictators rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
  • : Josephland was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Josephland was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Josephland was struck by a Mk II (Sterilizer) Cure Missile from The Greater People's Empire of The Controlist Ferwerter Union, curing 112 million infected.
  • : Josephland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombies and the Top 5% for Most Survivors.
  • : Josephland was struck by a Mk III (Purifier) Cure Missile from Dextranta, curing 494 million infected.
  • : Josephland was struck by a Mk III (Purifier) Cure Missile from Dextranta, curing 258 million infected.
  • : Josephland was struck by a Mk III (Purifier) Cure Missile from Dextranta, curing 614 million infected.

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