by Max Barry

Latest Forum Topics

Advertisement

Most Armed: 16,189thMost Influential: 17,032ndMost Stationary: 20,487th
The Fairy of
Authoritarian Democracy
God, Homeland, Liberty
Influence
Shoeshiner
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Fair
Political Freedom
Very Good

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Sugarplum Jam

Population11.548 billion

Currencydenier
Animalunicorn

The Fairy of Sugarplum Jam is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed population of 11.548 billion Sugarplum Jamians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 53.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Sugarplum Jamian economy, worth 418 trillion deniers 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, and Retail. 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 36,202 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, Harry Potter books are banned, the weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme, and fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sugarplum Jam's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sugarplum Jam is ranked 151,111th in the world and 3,577th in the Rejected Realms for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,224.3 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

Top
10%
Most Armed: 16,189thMost Influential: 17,032ndMost Stationary: 20,487thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 22,068thMost Income Equality: 28,133rd
Top
5%
Most Stationary: 288th in the regionTop
10%
Most Armed: 392nd in the regionMost Influential: 454th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 577th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary and Most Influential.
  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead and Most Zombified.
  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Armed.
  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead and Most Zombified.
  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Sugarplum Jam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.

More...

Report