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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 6thMost Advanced Public Transport: 14thHighest Poor Incomes: 23rd
The People's Republic of
Democratic Socialists
Strength through Adversity
Influence
Sprat
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Below Average

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Varayusha

Population31.208 billion

CapitalUnderwarren Prime
Leaderthe Underlord
Faithloyalty to the State

Currencytoggle-bolt
Animalicefang

The People's Republic of Varayusha is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Underlord with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, lack of airports, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 31.208 billion Varayushans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Healthcare, and Environment also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Underwarren Prime. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Varayushan economy, worth an astonishing 22,940 trillion toggle-bolts 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. 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 a breathtaking 735,082 toggle-bolts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, and tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varayusha's national animal is the icefang, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is loyalty to the State.

Varayusha is ranked 93rd in the world and 2nd in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 31,769.95 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 6thMost Advanced Public Transport: 14thHighest Poor Incomes: 23rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 39thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 48thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 54thLargest Governments: 55thLowest Crime Rates: 81stMost Subsidized Industry: 93rdMost Corrupt Governments: 125thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 183rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 221stMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 293rdLongest Average Lifespans: 311thLargest Information Technology Sector: 549thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 600thLargest Welfare Programs: 664thMost Cultured: 760thSmartest Citizens: 767thMost Efficient Economies: 1,098thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1,285thLargest Mining Sector: 1,343rdMost Devout: 1,658thHealthiest Citizens: 1,926thTop
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Largest Populations: 3,724thRudest Citizens: 5,755thLargest Publishing Industry: 6,491stLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 11,122ndTop
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Most Income Equality: 18,044th
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionLargest Governments: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1st in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 1st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 6th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 7th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 7th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 10th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 12th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 13th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 15th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 15th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 16th in the regionMost Cultured: 21st in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 22nd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 23rd in the regionSmartest Citizens: 23rd in the regionLargest Populations: 33rd in the regionMost Devout: 33rd in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 48th in the regionTop
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Rudest Citizens: 135th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 161st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 189th in the regionTop
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Most Income Equality: 385th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Varayusha, tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects.
  • : Varayusha was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in Varayusha, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them.
  • : Following new legislation in Varayusha, the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air.
  • : Following new legislation in Varayusha, people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy.
  • : Following new legislation in Varayusha, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth.
  • : Following new legislation in Varayusha, failed genetic experiments wreak havoc as they roam the countryside.
  • : Following new legislation in Varayusha, the carbon tax fund gladly supplies warm blankets when the poor can't pay their heating bills.
  • : Following new legislation in Varayusha, children's TV shows are having a gay old time.
  • : Following new legislation in Varayusha, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks.

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