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Most Rebellious Youth: 12,159thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 12,821stMost Beautiful Environments: 15,316th
The Isle of
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Wight

Population20.594 billion

CapitalSpit
LeaderThe Gentlemen Interregnum
Faithshambolic atheism

CurrencyBlood Shilling
AnimalWight Algae Bloom

The Isle of Wight is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by The Gentlemen Interregnum with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 20.594 billion Wightlingfolk enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spit. The average income tax rate is 74.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Wightlinga economy, worth 639 trillion Blood Shillings a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 31,047 Blood Shillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, online tourism reviews of Wight are suspiciously positive and amazingly similar, 'unconventional' weaponry has been banned, and Members of Parliament are often found living in cardboard boxes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wight's national animal is the Wight Algae Bloom, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is shambolic atheism.

Wight is ranked 36,171st in the world and 2nd in Wide Enness Ocean for Most Cultured, scoring 76 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Largest Populations: 15,545thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 16,120thMost Pacifist: 16,425thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 16,825thBest Weather: 18,889thHighest Average Tax Rates: 28,365thMost Advanced Public Transport: 28,409th
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 1st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1st in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 1st in the regionBest Weather: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Stationary: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 2nd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2nd in the regionLargest Populations: 2nd in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 2nd in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionMost Pacifist: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 2nd in the regionMost Influential: 2nd in the regionSafest: 2nd in the regionHighest Food Quality: 2nd in the regionMost Cultured: 2nd in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 2nd in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 2nd in the regionNudest: 2nd in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 2nd in the regionSmartest Citizens: 3rd in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 4th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 5th in the regionTop
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Highest Economic Output: 7th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 9th in the regionMost Developed: 10th in the region

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