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The Kingdom of Giovanniland

“Viva Giovanniterra!”

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The Kingdom of Giovanniland is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by King Giovanni VI with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 10.3 billion Giovannilandians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Giovannia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Giovannilandian economy, worth a remarkable 6,367 trillion Abrios a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is a breathtaking 618,202 Abrios, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,538,840 per year while the poor average 8,887, a ratio of 623 to 1.

A National Academy regulates grammar and usage, getting an infected tattoo is considered a rite of passage in Giovanniland, the government subsidises medicines of mass destruction, and nuclear warheads are frequently launched into space as a warning to invading meteoroids. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Giovanniland's national animal is the Lavender Macaw, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Violetism.

Giovanniland is ranked 222^nd in the world and 3^rd in the West Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 26,531.59 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

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