Population | 1.146 billion |
Capital | Holy Fire Manufactorium |
Leader | Fabricator-General |
Faith | Machine Cult |
Currency | gear |
Animal | fire dragon |
The Machine Cult of Ilanganzwe is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Fabricator-General with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.146 billion Ilanganzweans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holy Fire Manufactorium. The average income tax rate is 74.9%.
The strong Ilanganzwean economy, worth 98.5 trillion gears a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 85,967 gears, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.
Skyscrapers get built in just days, Fabricator-General has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, jaywalking is punishable by public flogging, and Machine Cult has been named as Ilanganzwe's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ilanganzwe's national animal is the fire dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Machine Cult.
Ilanganzwe is ranked 262,721st in the world and 207th in Africa for Most Influential, scoring 15 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Ilanganzwe's influence in Africa rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Ilanganzwe's influence in Africa rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Ilanganzwe's influence in Africa rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Ilanganzwe's influence in Africa rose from "Zero" to "Hatchling".
- : Ilanganzwe was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Zombified.
- : Ilanganzwe was ravaged by a Zombie Thing Horde from The Dominion of Kingdom of Saint Paul, infecting 4 million survivors and converting to a zombie exporter! Oh no!
- : Ilanganzwe relocated from Lazarus to Africa.
- : Ilanganzwe changed its national faith to "Machine Cult".
- : Following new legislation in Ilanganzwe, Machine Cult has been named as Ilanganzwe's national religion.
- : Ilanganzwe's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".