Location: The Godulus Empire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Anarchist Union of Godular is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Zin'Rojn'An'Savvos with a fair hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 16.672 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blessed Shira. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology industries.

The people elect the Supreme Court justices directly, the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Godular's radio stations, and believers must practice religion behind church doors lest the government smite them with a mighty fine. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Godular's national animal is the Falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is The True Way of The Will, and its currency is the Eidolon Mote.

Godular is ranked 5th in The Godulus Empire and 100,289th in the world for Happiest Citizens, scoring -4 on the Relative Cheerfulness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and