Nation/Osgoroth

The Kingdom of Osgoroth is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by King Leonidus III with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, sprawling nuclear power plants, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 955 million Osgorothians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Minas Valsevii. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Osgorothian economy, worth 141 trillion argents a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 148,041 argents, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 538,258 per year while the poor average 28,969, a ratio of 18.6 to 1.

People reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, stoned tourists don't tend to remember much about their holidays here, King Leonidus III's peyote-induced "let's all just be friends" speech is trending world-wide, and condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Osgoroth's national animal is the Osgorthian lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Osgoroth is ranked 9,979th in the world and 314th in The North Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 22,815.63 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.