The Transferable Cards of Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.485 billion Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas IIIians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.
The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order, Welfare, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. The average income tax rate is 8.6%.
The very strong Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas IIIian economy, worth 342 trillion Trades a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 62,454 Trades, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.
All telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', Leader's former secretary was last sighted on her new yacht, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, and oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III's national animal is the Card, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III is ranked 76,807th in the world and 103rd in Vylixan Prime for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,743.47 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
National Happenings
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III, oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires.
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits.
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III, Leader's former secretary was last sighted on her new yacht.
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III, all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons'.
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III, helicopter parenting is on the rise.
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III changed its national nation type to "Transferable Cards".
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III, anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card.
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III, candidates for public office painstakingly research their family trees to ensure their eligibility.
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Vylixan Efedrikes Kartes Metaforas III, gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood.