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Most Primitive: 1,410thHighest Average Tax Rates: 3,216thMost Ignorant Citizens: 9,609th
The Empire of
Psychotic Dictatorship
Viva Utopia
Influence
Nipper
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Weak
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Viva Utopia

Population730 million

CurrencyDabloon
AnimalFinch

The Empire of Viva Utopia is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, parental licensing program, and ban on automobiles. The cynical population of 730 million Viva Utopians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Environment, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Viva Utopian economy, worth 17.6 trillion Dabloons a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, extremely specialized black market in Book Publishing. 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 24,108 Dabloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Children seem to be getting better at lying these days, people across the world seek to be healthier by eliminating carbs, the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, and teen parties are often ruined by wet blanket chaperones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Viva Utopia's national animal is the Finch, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Viva Utopia is ranked 91,277th in the world and 4,831st in Osiris for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,251.7 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

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Most Primitive: 1,410thTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 3,216thMost Ignorant Citizens: 9,609thMost Pacifist: 11,305thMost Authoritarian: 11,432ndTop
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Best Weather: 16,617thMost Beautiful Environments: 19,456thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 19,521stMost Patriotic: 22,087thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 24,634thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 28,942nd
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Most Primitive: 80th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 141st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 441st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 504th in the regionTop
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Most Pacifist: 682nd in the regionMost Extreme: 944th in the regionBest Weather: 1,002nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Viva Utopia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Primitive and the Top 10% for Most Patriotic, Most Beautiful Environments, and Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
  • : Following new legislation in Viva Utopia, teen parties are often ruined by wet blanket chaperones.
  • : Following new legislation in Viva Utopia, the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster.
  • : Following new legislation in Viva Utopia, people across the world seek to be healthier by eliminating carbs.
  • : Following new legislation in Viva Utopia, children seem to be getting better at lying these days.
  • : Following new legislation in Viva Utopia, weather reports simply advise Viva Utopians to 'look outside'.
  • : Following new legislation in Viva Utopia, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized.
  • : Following new legislation in Viva Utopia, strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins.
  • : Following new legislation in Viva Utopia, there are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees his shadow.
  • : Following new legislation in Viva Utopia, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields.

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