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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 6thLargest 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

Population41.743 billion

CapitalJoseph City
LeaderJoseph
FaithJosephism

Currencymoney
Animalviper

The Corporate Dictatorship of Josephland is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Joseph with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 41.743 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 42,650 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 17,564th in the world and 18th in The Alliance of Dictators for Smartest Citizens, with 68.35 quips per hour.

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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 6thLargest Insurance Industry: 7thLargest Black Market: 9thLargest Mining Sector: 9thHighest Economic Output: 12thHighest Average Incomes: 15thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 22ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 22ndLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 26thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 29thLargest Agricultural Sector: 31stLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 36thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 42ndMost Advanced Defense Forces: 72ndMost Patriotic: 136thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 151stMost Advanced Public Transport: 186thLargest Governments: 192ndMost Corrupt Governments: 227thMost Stationary: 324thMost Subsidized Industry: 333rdLargest Soda Pop Sector: 343rdMost Avoided: 369thMost Efficient Economies: 405thLowest Crime Rates: 412thFattest Citizens: 590thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 947thHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,152ndLargest Populations: 1,397thLargest Retail Industry: 1,764thTop
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Most Primitive: 5,289thMost Conservative: 5,305thLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 5,552ndMost Developed: 5,861stMost Advanced Public Education: 6,032ndRudest Citizens: 6,050thMost Scientifically Advanced: 6,595thMost Influential: 7,394thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 16,804thTop
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Smartest Citizens: 17,564thLongest Average Lifespans: 20,225thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 26,054thMost Authoritarian: 29,016thMost Extreme: 32,243rd
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionFattest Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Populations: 1st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 2nd in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 2nd in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 2nd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the regionMost Stationary: 2nd in the regionTop
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Most Patriotic: 3rd in the regionLargest Governments: 3rd in the regionMost Primitive: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 3rd in the regionRudest Citizens: 4th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 4th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 4th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 5th in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 5th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Josephland was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Josephland was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : Josephland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Dead.
  • : Josephland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Survivors and Most Zombies and the Top 5% for Most Dead.
  • : Josephland was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Devout.
  • : Josephland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Avoided, Largest Black Market, Most Valuable International Artwork, Most Stationary, and Most Patriotic.
  • : 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.

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