Population | 24.443 billion |
Currency | Z-pesos |
Animal | zombie |
The Grand Duchy of Zapato is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 24.443 billion Zapatoans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — prioritizes Environment, although Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Administration and International Aid are ignored. The average income tax rate is 80.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The large but sluggish Zapatoan economy, worth 349 trillion Z-pesos a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 14,284 Z-pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes and same-sex marriages are increasingly common. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zapato's national animal is the zombie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Zapato is ranked 7,889th in the world and 25th in Europeia for Most Stationary, with 2,645.11919601152 days.
National Happenings
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- : Zapato was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Survivors.
- : Zapato was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Dead and the Top 5% for Most Zombified.
- : Zapato's influence in Europeia rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
- : Zapato's influence in Europeia rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
- : Zapato's influence in Europeia rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
- : Zapato was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
- : Zapato was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
- : Zapato was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
- : Zapato was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
- : Zapato was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.