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Largest Black Market: 4,514thMost Devout: 7,660thHighest Economic Output: 9,478th
The Neon of
Psychotic Dictatorship
Liberty
Influence
Nipper
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Outlawed

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Ne

Population14.706 billion

CurrencyGold
AnimalElephant

The Neon of Ne is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, enslaved workforce, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.706 billion Neans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nean economy, worth a remarkable 2,482 trillion Golds 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an impressive 168,841 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists are not permitted to ask questions, exported livestock are wined and dined before they are flat ironed, the government invades its allies more than its enemies, and homeless people dying of starvation are thought to be a necessary cost of preventing terrorism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ne's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ne is ranked 33,069th in the world and 1,956th in Osiris for Highest Food Quality, scoring 55.69 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

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Largest Black Market: 4,514thMost Devout: 7,660thHighest Economic Output: 9,478thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 10,504thMost Patriotic: 10,622ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 10,813thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 12,174thHighest Poor Incomes: 13,438thMost Corrupt Governments: 13,493rdTop
10%
Largest Manufacturing Sector: 14,778thMost Authoritarian: 16,302ndHighest Average Incomes: 16,689thMost Cultured: 21,495thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 22,308thMost Developed: 22,507thMost Advanced Public Transport: 23,191stLargest Information Technology Sector: 24,676thLargest Populations: 27,746thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 28,505th
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Largest Black Market: 318th in the regionMost Devout: 434th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 517th in the regionTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 664th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 727th in the regionMost Patriotic: 803rd in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 807th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 828th in the regionLargest Populations: 892nd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 952nd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 971st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1,087th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ne was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Patriotic, Largest Black Market, Highest Poor Incomes, and Highest Economic Output and the Top 10% for Most Developed.
  • : Ne's influence in Osiris rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
  • : Ne's influence in Osiris rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : Ne's influence in Osiris rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Ne's influence in Osiris rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Ne was refounded in Osiris.
  • : Ne ceased to exist in Lazarus.
  • : Ne's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Ne's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Ne was refounded in Lazarus.

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