The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity
Population | 2.367 billion |
Capital | Byzantium |
Currency | Platinum X |
Animal | Fire Ant |
The Constitutional Monarchy of The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity is a massive, pleasant nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, soft-spoken computers, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.367 billion Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperityians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Byzantium. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.3%.
The strong Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperityian economy, worth 181 trillion Platinum XES 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Soda Sales, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. 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 76,577 Platinum XES, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 402,122 per year while the poor average 7,797, a ratio of 51.6 to 1.
Children aren't allowed to chew their pencils until they get home from school, hairdressers are among those who have disappeared overnight, noble feuds don't end until one side gets their point across, and lobster tastes best when it is red. Crime is moderate. The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity's national animal is the Fire Ant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity is ranked 103,561st in the world and 5,144th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 66 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
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- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.
- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.
- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity was refounded in Lazarus.
- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity ceased to exist in Balder.
- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity's influence in Balder rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, Largest Soda Pop Sector, Highest Wealthy Incomes, and Highest Unexpected Death Rate and the Top 10% for Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : The Lazarite Guild Unions for Prosperity's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".