The Sociocommunist Republic of Klematis is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Max VIII with an iron fist, and notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, state-planned economy, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.484 billion Klemians 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, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while Public Transport and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Klumy. The average income tax rate is 50.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The Klematisian economy, worth 571 trillion marks 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 large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 76,323 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, an alabaster statue of an ancient cat-deity takes pride of place in the centre of Klumy, all guns must be registered, and Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Klematis's national animal is the boar, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Klematis is ranked 82,473rd in the world and 1,994th in the Rejected Realms for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,121.68 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
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Klematis was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
- : Klematis was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
- : Klematis was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Conservative.
- : Following new legislation in Klematis, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused.
- : Following new legislation in Klematis, all guns must be registered.
- : Following new legislation in Klematis, an alabaster statue of an ancient cat-deity takes pride of place in the centre of Klumy.
- : Following new legislation in Klematis, pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security.
- : Following new legislation in Klematis, a friend in need is a friend with nuclear greed.
- : Klematis was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Zombified.
- : Klematis was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Primitive.
