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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 4,059thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 9,176thMost Patriotic: 10,063rd
The Kingdom of
Iron Fist Consumerists
Heartless, Soulless, Ruthless
Influence
Power
Governor / Clockwork Supreme
Region
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Neo Valencia

Population6.665 billion

CapitalFlorenza
LeaderKane
FaithAtheism

CurrencyCrown
AnimalUnicorn

The Kingdom of Neo Valencia is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Kane with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, enslaved workforce, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.665 billion Valencians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Florenza. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Valencian economy, worth 868 trillion Crowns a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,242 Crowns, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 734,670 per year while the poor average 11,361, a ratio of 64.7 to 1.

Armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough, citizens who don't recite the Pledge of Neo Valencia at least three times a day are placed on a terrorist watch-list, escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails', and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neo Valencia's national animal is the Unicorn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Atheism.

Neo Valencia is ranked 176,684th in the world and 2nd in Clockworks for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 4,059thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 9,176thMost Patriotic: 10,063rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 10,155thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 10,763rdLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 12,365thTop
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Most Conservative: 14,928thMost Authoritarian: 19,349thLargest Insurance Industry: 21,706thLargest Black Market: 21,708thMost Corrupt Governments: 22,692ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 24,987thMost Secular: 25,299thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 27,211thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 27,437th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Neo Valencia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.
  • : Neo Valencia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes, Highest Disposable Incomes, and Most Patriotic and the Top 10% for Largest Black Market and Most Developed.
  • : Neo Valencia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced and Highest Average Incomes.
  • : Neo Valencia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : Neo Valencia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.
  • : Neo Valencia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.
  • : Neo Valencia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Information Technology Sector.
  • : Neo Valencia's influence in Clockworks fell from "Superpower" to "Power".
  • : Neo Valencia's influence in Clockworks rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Superpower".
  • : Neo Valencia relocated from Ambition to Clockworks.

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