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Largest Insurance Industry: 642ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 761stMost Advanced Defense Forces: 826th
The Slave Empire of
Iron Fist Consumerists
Many guns have legs and take orders. Guns are good.
Bologog Gro-Nolob
Influence
Squire
Civil Rights
Outlawed
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Ulkar

Population17.791 billion

CapitalCul
LeaderBologog Gro-Nolob
Faith  

CurrencyKhack
AnimalVulcher

The Slave Empire of Ulkar is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Bologog Gro-Nolob with an iron fist, and remarkable for its flagrant waste-dumping, avant-garde cinema, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 17.791 billion Ulkarians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cul. The average income tax rate is 74.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Ulkarian economy, worth a remarkable 5,247 trillion Khacks 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 an amazing 294,942 Khacks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered, organ donation is compulsory, soporific speeches from Bologog Gro-Nolob have left the opposition utterly knocked out, and blue bloods are welcome in Ulkar. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ulkar's national animal is the Vulcher, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is   .

Ulkar is ranked 1,282nd in the world and 8th in Psychotic Dictatorships for Largest Black Market, with 6,882 trillion Standard Monetary Units.

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Largest Insurance Industry: 642ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 761stMost Advanced Defense Forces: 826thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 898thLargest Black Market: 1,282ndMost Secular: 1,393rdMost Conservative: 1,499thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1,629thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1,724thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,866thMost Avoided: 2,089thLargest Mining Sector: 2,302ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,497thMost Armed: 2,722ndTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 3,446thHighest Average Incomes: 3,468thHighest Economic Output: 4,100thMost Corrupt Governments: 5,463rdLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 8,319thHighest Poor Incomes: 8,491stMost Patriotic: 8,750thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 8,771stMost Authoritarian: 10,007thLargest Governments: 10,522ndHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 13,096thMost Subsidized Industry: 13,624thLargest Retail Industry: 14,736thLowest Crime Rates: 15,323rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 15,421stTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 22,777thLargest Populations: 22,788thMost Advanced Public Education: 23,066thHighest Average Tax Rates: 26,689thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 32,986th
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Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 3rd in the regionTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 4th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5th in the regionMost Armed: 6th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ulkar was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Cheese Export Sector.
  • : Ulkar's influence in Psychotic Dictatorships rose from "Hatchling" to "Squire".
  • : Ulkar relocated from Balder to Psychotic Dictatorships.
  • : Ulkar was refounded in Balder.
  • : Ulkar ceased to exist in Psychotic Dictatorships.
  • : Ulkar was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork and the Top 5% for Highest Disposable Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in Ulkar, blue bloods are welcome in Ulkar.
  • : Following new legislation in Ulkar, soporific speeches from Bologog Gro-Nolob have left the opposition utterly knocked out.
  • : Following new legislation in Ulkar, organ donation is compulsory.
  • : Following new legislation in Ulkar, scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered.

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