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The Commonwealth of Twelve Tribes Zion |
“By The People For The People”
| Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
| Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
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Location: Ancient |
Regional Influence: Contender |
The Commonwealth of Twelve Tribes Zion is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Sovereign with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory vegetarianism, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 10.321 billion Twelve Tribes Zionians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mesopotamia. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Twelve Tribes Zionian economy, worth a remarkable 1,242 trillion Gold coins 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 a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. 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 impressive 120,380 Gold coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Citizens select which government department gets their income tax Gold coins each year, a vast monorail network carries people all over the country, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, and political spontaneity takes a lot of planning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Twelve Tribes Zion's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Melchizedek.
Twelve Tribes Zion is ranked 127,097th in the world and 5th in Ancient for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 903.09 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.
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Twelve Tribes Zion, political spontaneity takes a lot of planning.
- : Following new legislation in Twelve Tribes Zion, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing.
- : Following new legislation in Twelve Tribes Zion, a vast monorail network carries people all over the country.
- : Twelve Tribes Zion was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market and the Top 10% for Most Stationary, Highest Poor Incomes, Most Patriotic, and Most Influential.
- : Following new legislation in Twelve Tribes Zion, citizens select which government department gets their income tax Gold coins each year.
- : Following new legislation in Twelve Tribes Zion, the words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence.
- : Twelve Tribes Zion was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
- : Following new legislation in Twelve Tribes Zion, spies caught red-handed are served cocktails on their first-class flights home.
- : Following new legislation in Twelve Tribes Zion, children fear compulsory visits to their spiritual advisors more than the dentist.
- : Following new legislation in Twelve Tribes Zion, there's never enough space in space.
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