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Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 6,437thLargest Gambling Industry: 6,790thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 10,351st
The State of
Capitalist Paradise
Justice, Piety, Loyalty
the Governor
Influence
Shoeshiner
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Thriving
Political Freedom
Very Good

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Laoban

Population11.646 billion

CapitalCapital Heights
Leaderthe Governor

Currencybetale
Animaldeer

The State of Laoban is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.646 billion Laobanians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.1%.

The thriving Laobanian economy, worth 836 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 71,795 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 333,551 per year while the poor average 9,287, a ratio of 35.9 to 1.

Employers may fire workers without giving any reason, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, Laoban has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Laoban in an international press conference. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Laoban's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Laoban is ranked 134,624th in the world and 642nd in Ancient Lands for Most Stationary, with 238.9538748472 days.

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Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 6,437thLargest Gambling Industry: 6,790thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 10,351stLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 13,827thTop
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Largest Basket Weaving Sector: 19,413thHighest Disposable Incomes: 19,803rdHighest Wealthy Incomes: 23,377thMost Primitive: 26,685th
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 13th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 14th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 15th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 21st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 22nd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 23rd in the regionMost Primitive: 32nd in the regionTop
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Largest Basket Weaving Sector: 40th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 56th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 63rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Laoban's influence in Ancient Lands rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
  • : Laoban was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
  • : Laoban was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
  • : Laoban's influence in Ancient Lands rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
  • : Laoban's influence in Ancient Lands rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
  • : Laoban's influence in Ancient Lands rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
  • : Laoban's influence in Ancient Lands rose from "Zero" to "Newcomer".
  • : Laoban relocated from Montreal to Ancient Lands.
  • : Laoban was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Primitive.
  • : Laoban was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.

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