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The ឵឵឵឵ of Island Zero

“Stoke the forge and bathe the land in cleansing fire.”

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The ឵឵឵឵ of Island Zero is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Z3 with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, otherworldly petting zoo, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 2.367 billion Islanders enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Furnace. The average income tax rate is 94.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Zeron economy, worth 840 trillion bits 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 Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. 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 amazing 355,244 bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, GP clinics are inundated by patients requesting prescriptions for alcohol, Z3's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, and tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Island Zero's national animal is the tardigrade, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Island Zero is ranked 13,572^nd in the world and 15^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 9,522.49 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.

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