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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 2,243rdMost Armed: 3,892ndMost Patriotic: 4,126th
The Wastelandic Keizerrijk of
Psychotic Dictatorship
God bless the Keizerrijk, land of the United and Free!
Influence
Minnow
Region
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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The Error Union

Population9.321 billion

CapitalJapsterdam
LeaderSovereign Director Edward Arkham
FaithChristianity

CurrencyOrange Guilder
AnimalKeizerlijk Lion

The Wastelandic Keizerrijk of The Error Union is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Sovereign Director Edward Arkham with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, pith helmet sales, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.321 billion Orangists 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Japsterdam. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Orange economy, worth a remarkable 1,817 trillion Orange Guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 194,985 Orange Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sovereign Director Edward Arkham's handshakes with opposition leaders usually lead to thumb wars, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, the government burgles the houses of holidaying citizens, and the nation tends not to learn from its history. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Error Union's national animal is the Keizerlijk Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

The Error Union is ranked 307,025th in the world and 163rd in Fifth Empire for Least Corrupt Governments, with 62.16 percentage of bribes refused.

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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 2,243rdTop
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Most Armed: 3,892ndMost Patriotic: 4,126thLowest Crime Rates: 4,803rdLargest Governments: 5,026thHighest Average Tax Rates: 5,130thHighest Poor Incomes: 5,383rdMost Developed: 6,200thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 6,861stSafest: 7,011thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 7,044thLongest Average Lifespans: 7,635thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 7,907thMost Scientifically Advanced: 7,984thSmartest Citizens: 9,265thMost Advanced Public Education: 9,752ndHighest Average Incomes: 11,985thMost Efficient Economies: 12,059thMost Authoritarian: 12,389thLargest Information Technology Sector: 12,813thHealthiest Citizens: 13,256thLargest Welfare Programs: 13,486thMost Cultured: 14,189thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 14,327thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 15,132ndMost Advanced Public Transport: 15,789thTop
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Most Subsidized Industry: 17,266thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 17,526thHighest Economic Output: 18,489thMost Conservative: 22,721stLargest Mining Sector: 22,783rdMost Corrupt Governments: 26,634thLargest Agricultural Sector: 27,910thMost Income Equality: 29,146thMost Valuable International Artwork: 32,307th
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Safest: 11th in the regionTop
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Most Armed: 16th in the regionMost Developed: 18th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 21st in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 22nd in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 23rd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 24th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in The Error Union, the nation tends not to learn from its history.
  • : Following new legislation in The Error Union, the government burgles the houses of holidaying citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in The Error Union, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police.
  • : Following new legislation in The Error Union, Sovereign Director Edward Arkham's handshakes with opposition leaders usually lead to thumb wars.
  • : Following new legislation in The Error Union, the government considers it a sacred duty to video bikini-clad beach swimmers.
  • : Following new legislation in The Error Union, metal detectors at school gates make sure that teenagers are carrying at least one sidearm.
  • : Following new legislation in The Error Union, military spending is on the increase.
  • : The Error Union was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Following new legislation in The Error Union, the military will start wars with other nations on a lark.
  • : Following new legislation in The Error Union, military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner.

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