The Grand Duchy of Shauls is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.839 billion Shaulsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ternin. The average income tax rate is 86.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The all-consuming Shaulsian economy, worth 797 trillion Verths a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,243 Verths, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Shaulsians believe manners maketh the leader, saying 'Hi Guys' to a mixed gender group of people at work is a fireable offense, citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons, and the latest superhero movie features a caped Goshawk with adamantium claws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shauls's national animal is the Goshawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
Shauls is ranked 44,239th in the world and 2,563rd in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,338.37 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Shauls was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential, Most Beautiful Environments, and Most Inclusive and the Top 10% for Highest Poor Incomes and Most Scientifically Advanced.
- : Shauls was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, Highest Food Quality, and Most Advanced Public Education and the Top 5% for Highest Economic Output and Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Shauls's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Shauls's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Shauls was refounded in Lazarus.
- : Shauls ceased to exist in Forest.
- : Shauls was endorsed by
The Suspicious Minds of The Realizer.
- : Shauls was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced and Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Shauls was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.
- : Shauls was endorsed by
The Democratic Moon pizza nation of Love and Nature.
