The Republic of Ioe is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 1.156 billion Ioeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 48.1%.
The Ioean economy, worth 64.1 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,460 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.
The beauty of coastal towns is marred only slightly by all the closed-down storefronts, new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, nobody likes bad boys any more, and the roundel of the Ioean Air Force has become an internationally recognized symbol of destruction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ioe's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
Ioe is ranked 223,631st in the world and 589th in Izern for Safest, scoring 48.14 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Ioe, the roundel of the Ioean Air Force has become an internationally recognized symbol of destruction.
- : Following new legislation in Ioe, nobody likes bad boys any more.
- : Following new legislation in Ioe, new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes.
- : Following new legislation in Ioe, the beauty of coastal towns is marred only slightly by all the closed-down storefronts.
- : Following new legislation in Ioe, prison walls have had to be modified to keep parkour-trained criminals from escaping.
- : Ioe was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
- : Ioe was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cheerful Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in Ioe, Ioe shot first.
- : Following new legislation in Ioe, surgeons walk out of theatres more often than prima donna actors.
- : Following new legislation in Ioe, powerful x-ray machines used by the Customs Department can see into the homes of nearby residents.