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Most Income Equality: 6thNudest: 2,012thLargest Populations: 5,164th
The District of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Our Community
privy council chairman
Influence
Enforcer
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Basket Case
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Saola

Population30.194 billion

CapitalDistrict City
Leaderprivy council chairman

CurrencyJuno aurum
Animalquick pink fox

The District of Saola is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by privy council chairman with an iron fist, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, humorless population of 30.194 billion Saolans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 65.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Saolan economy, worth 192 trillion Juno aurums a year, is highly specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 6,379 Juno aurums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Privy council chairman has just been declared ruler of Saola in an international press conference, kids laugh off vandalism and arson as "just fun", the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers, and torture is illegal. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saola's national animal is the quick pink fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Saola is ranked 317,448th in the world and 9th in Abuja for Smartest Citizens, with 11.85 quips per hour.

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1%
Most Income Equality: 6thNudest: 2,012thTop
5%
Largest Populations: 5,164thMost Authoritarian: 9,539thMost Rebellious Youth: 14,487thMost Stationary: 14,576thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 17,120thTop
10%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 28,532nd

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Saola was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Saola's influence in Abuja fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".
  • : Saola's influence in Abuja rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Saola was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Zombies, Most Dead, and Most Survivors.
  • : Saola was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : Saola's influence in Abuja fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".
  • : Saola's influence in Abuja rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Saola's influence in Abuja fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".
  • : Saola's influence in Abuja rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Saola's influence in Abuja fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".

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