by Max Barry

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Most Advanced Public Transport: 11,634thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 18,672ndMost Valuable International Artwork: 21,987th
The Reincorporated States of
Iron Fist Consumerists
BANNERS!
Influence
Eminence Grise
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Thriving
Political Freedom
Few

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All of The Banners

Population1.058 billion

CapitalBanner City
LeaderBannerman

Currencyguilder
Animalworm

The Reincorporated States of All of The Banners is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Bannerman with an iron fist, and renowned for its aversion to nipples, prohibition of alcohol, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.058 billion All of The Bannersians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Banner City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.8%.

The thriving All of The Bannersian economy, worth 75.3 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 71,210 guilders, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 246,413 per year while the poor average 15,037, a ratio of 16.4 to 1.

Religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, the mummified remains of former kings are apparently discovered every time a tourist loses their wallet, nursing mothers are often arrested for indecent exposure, and Bannerman lights cigars with a hundred-guilder bill. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. All of The Banners's national animal is the worm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

All of The Banners is ranked 272,619th in the world and 9th in The Great Storm for Most Primitive, scoring -144.22 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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Most Advanced Public Transport: 11,634thTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 18,672ndMost Valuable International Artwork: 21,987thMost Corrupt Governments: 23,663rdMost Conservative: 25,132ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 26,444thMost Advanced Public Education: 30,967th
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Most Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1st in the regionMost Conservative: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in All of The Banners, Bannerman lights cigars with a hundred-guilder bill.
  • : Following new legislation in All of The Banners, nursing mothers are often arrested for indecent exposure.
  • : Following new legislation in All of The Banners, the mummified remains of former kings are apparently discovered every time a tourist loses their wallet.
  • : Following new legislation in All of The Banners, religious households enthusiastically use whips in private.
  • : Following new legislation in All of The Banners, Jennifer Government is banned.
  • : All of The Banners's influence in The Great Storm rose from "Dealmaker" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : All of The Banners was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
  • : All of The Banners's influence in The Great Storm rose from "Instigator" to "Dealmaker".
  • : All of The Banners changed its national nation type to "Reincorporated States".
  • : Following new legislation in All of The Banners, economists confusingly list "fusarium rot and leaf blight" as major risk factors for monetary deflation.

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