Ide Jima

The Empire of Ide Jima is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by King Rob with an iron fist, and renowned for its national health service, ban on automobiles, and exploding hoverboards. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.972 billion Ide Jimanz are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Environment are ignored. The average income tax rate is 76.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ide Jiman economy, worth a remarkable 1,379 trillion whatevers a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 92,124 whatevers, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

The military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, government crews work tirelessly to retake the suburbs from organized packs of raccoons, King Rob's mistress is the belle at many state balls, and the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ide Jima's national animal is the flaming ape, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Moo.