Population | 37.235 billion |
Currency | new t'ah |
Animal | monkey |
The Rushmori Nation of Wigu is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 37.235 billion Wiguese are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.8%.
The Wiguese economy, worth a remarkable 1,862 trillion new t'ahs a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery. Average income is 50,028 new t'ahs, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.
The government funds large training centres to turn monkeys into functioning members of society, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", the government has returned all business to private ownership, and the nation is completely gun-free. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wigu's national animal is the monkey, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Wigu is ranked 3,427th in the world and 3rd in Rushmore for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 3,276.98 on the Clooney Contribution Index.
National Happenings
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- : Wigu was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, Highest Economic Output, Most Valuable International Artwork, and Most Stationary and the Top 10% for Most Influential.
- : Wigu's influence in Rushmore fell from "Apprentice" to "Squire".
- : Wigu's influence in Rushmore rose from "Squire" to "Apprentice".
- : Wigu was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
- : Wigu lodged a message on the Rushmore Regional Message Board.
- : Wigu was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombies and the Top 5% for Most Survivors.
- : Wigu was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
- : Wigu was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
- : Wigu was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
- : Wigu was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.