The Incorporated States of The EDZ Administration is a large, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 100 million EDZ Administrationians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 11.9%.
The all-consuming EDZ Administrationian economy, worth 8.53 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 85,282 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.
Grannies with arthritic hands work miserably on factory production lines, voting is voluntary, world leaders often feel uncomfortable when Leader tries to recruit them into selling cosmetics, and five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The EDZ Administration's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.
The EDZ Administration is ranked 136,239th in the world and 9th in Economic Development Zone for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,373.6 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
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Most Recent Government Activity:
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The EDZ Administration, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes.
- : Following new legislation in The EDZ Administration, world leaders often feel uncomfortable when Leader tries to recruit them into selling cosmetics.
- : Following new legislation in The EDZ Administration, voting is voluntary.
- : The EDZ Administration was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in The EDZ Administration, grannies with arthritic hands work miserably on factory production lines.
- : Following new legislation in The EDZ Administration, schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them.
- : Following new legislation in The EDZ Administration, businessmen behave differently if their supervisor is watching.
- : Following new legislation in The EDZ Administration, travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs.
- : Following new legislation in The EDZ Administration, the most penniless demographics have by far the highest number of researchers per capita.
- : Following new legislation in The EDZ Administration, the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments.