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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,071stMost Corrupt Governments: 2,489thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 3,424th
The Republic of
Psychotic Dictatorship
Peace and Justice
Influence
Sprat
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Urial97

Population7.235 billion

Currencyrupee
Animalemu

The Republic of Urial97 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its teetotalling pirates, parental licensing program, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.235 billion Urial97ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 54.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Urial97ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,463 trillion rupees 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. 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 202,343 rupees, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 618,118 per year while the poor average 51,340, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

The government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins, children asking questions about science are referred to relevant sections in religious texts, newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words', and funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urial97's national animal is the emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Urial97 is ranked 117,674th in the world and 2,094th in Balder for Most Stationary, with 311.69911995688 days.

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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,071stMost Corrupt Governments: 2,489thTop
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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 3,424thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 3,521stLargest Black Market: 4,186thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 4,896thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 5,650thMost Devout: 5,881stLargest Information Technology Sector: 7,105thHighest Disposable Incomes: 7,853rdHighest Average Incomes: 9,825thLargest Mining Sector: 10,104thMost Patriotic: 11,934thNudest: 13,912thTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 15,051stMost Scientifically Advanced: 15,141stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 17,090thMost Developed: 18,192ndHighest Economic Output: 18,434thLowest Crime Rates: 19,539thMost Advanced Public Education: 20,813thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 20,981stMost Efficient Economies: 22,554thMost Subsidized Industry: 23,048thMost Authoritarian: 24,883rdLongest Average Lifespans: 26,738thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 27,341st
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 57th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 104th in the regionTop
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Largest Basket Weaving Sector: 269th in the regionLargest Black Market: 270th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 282nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 282nd in the regionMost Devout: 320th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 332nd in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 334th in the regionTop
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Highest Disposable Incomes: 543rd in the regionNudest: 628th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 632nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 668th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 694th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 867th in the regionMost Avoided: 1,017th in the regionMost Patriotic: 1,029th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Urial97, funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial97, newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words'.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial97, children asking questions about science are referred to relevant sections in religious texts.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial97, the government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins.
  • : Urial97 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial97, army rations are served on silver platters.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial97, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial97, politicians bribe ten-year-old geniuses to sit their aptitude tests.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial97, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway.
  • : Urial97 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry and Largest Welfare Programs.

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