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Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 48thLargest Insurance Industry: 53rdLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 71st
The Kabushiki Kaisha of
Compulsory Consumerist State
Inevitable, Inviolable, Invincible
Influence
Handshaker
Region
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

The KoZ

Population17.439 billion

CapitalOsaka
LeaderLord KoZ
Faitha major religion

CurrencyKoZ-koku
Animalwhite elk

The Kabushiki Kaisha of The KoZ is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Lord KoZ with an iron fist, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 17.439 billion KoZians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order is also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osaka. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient KoZian economy, worth a remarkable 9,405 trillion KoZ-kokus a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 539,344 KoZ-kokus, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,568,953 per year while the poor average 31,394, a ratio of 113 to 1.

The government is avowedly atheist, euthanasia is legal, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, and reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The KoZ's national animal is the white elk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is a major religion.

The KoZ is ranked 79,407th in the world and 4th in Feudal Japan for Most Secular, with 18.14 Atheism Rate.

Top
1%
Lowest Overall Tax Burden: 48thLargest Insurance Industry: 53rdLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 71stHighest Disposable Incomes: 85thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 118thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 158thLargest Mining Sector: 200thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 205thFattest Citizens: 232ndMost Avoided: 239thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 243rdLargest Agricultural Sector: 249thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 260thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 261stHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 332ndHighest Average Incomes: 344thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 351stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 393rdLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 396thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 541stMost Armed: 636thHighest Economic Output: 1,055thLargest Gambling Industry: 1,518thLargest Retail Industry: 2,618thMost Corrupt Governments: 2,875thMost Scientifically Advanced: 3,049thTop
5%
Largest Publishing Industry: 3,377thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 3,732ndGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 3,828thSmartest Citizens: 4,140thRudest Citizens: 4,165thLargest Information Technology Sector: 5,333rdMost Efficient Economies: 6,953rdLowest Crime Rates: 8,151stTop
10%
Most Advanced Defense Forces: 17,096thLargest Populations: 23,169thLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 24,600thLargest Governments: 25,815thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 26,967thLargest Black Market: 30,990th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : The KoZ's influence in Feudal Japan rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead, Most Survivors, and Most Zombies.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Average Incomes, Highest Wealthy Incomes, Highest Economic Output, Most Avoided, and Highest Disposable Incomes.
  • : The KoZ was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
  • : The KoZ's influence in Feudal Japan rose from "Vassal" to "Truckler".

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