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Most Valuable International Artwork: 359thLargest Black Market: 2,696thMost Armed: 4,156th
The Sandworm of
Father Knows Best State
I are dunecat!
Influence
Negotiator
Governor
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

Overview Dispatches Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Dune Cat

Population8.76 billion

CapitalArrakis
LeaderPaul Catreides
FaithCards

Currencyspice
Animalcat

The Sandworm of Dune Cat is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Paul Catreides with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, strictly enforced bedtime, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.76 billion House Atreides are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arrakis. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Muad'Dib economy, worth a remarkable 1,897 trillion spices a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 216,655 spices, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Restaurants have noticed that hanging wet laundry from the ceiling makes diners order more food, the nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers, the nation is proudly the least fertile in Temporary Home, and supermarkets and large corporate farms are a thing of the past. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dune Cat's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cards.

Dune Cat is ranked 27,666th in the world and 8th in Temporary Home for Most Cultured, scoring 82 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Most Valuable International Artwork: 359thLargest Black Market: 2,696thTop
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Most Armed: 4,156thMost Avoided: 4,424thLargest Mining Sector: 4,530thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5,252ndMost Corrupt Governments: 5,887thLargest Information Technology Sector: 5,902ndMost Advanced Public Education: 5,943rdLargest Retail Industry: 6,052ndRudest Citizens: 6,253rdHighest Poor Incomes: 7,468thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 7,864thHighest Average Incomes: 7,995thMost Subsidized Industry: 11,596thMost Patriotic: 11,904thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 12,417thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 13,190thHighest Economic Output: 13,238thLargest Publishing Industry: 14,326thTop
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 15,921stSmartest Citizens: 16,869thMost Influential: 18,632ndMost Devout: 19,319thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 19,593rdLargest Governments: 20,454thLargest Welfare Programs: 20,463rdMost Efficient Economies: 20,472ndMost Stationary: 24,001stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 25,387thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 26,944thMost Cultured: 27,666th
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Rudest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 1st in the regionMost Stationary: 1st in the regionSmartest Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionMost Influential: 1st in the regionTop
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Largest Retail Industry: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 2nd in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Dune Cat, supermarkets and large corporate farms are a thing of the past.
  • : Following new legislation in Dune Cat, the nation is proudly the least fertile in Temporary Home.
  • : Following new legislation in Dune Cat, the nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers.
  • : Following new legislation in Dune Cat, restaurants have noticed that hanging wet laundry from the ceiling makes diners order more food.
  • : Dune Cat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry.
  • : Following new legislation in Dune Cat, the Forestry Department has decided you really can't fight fire with fire.
  • : Following new legislation in Dune Cat, children listen incredulously when their grandparents explain what a "running river" is.
  • : Following new legislation in Dune Cat, train stations have more platforms than a 1970s disco.
  • : Following new legislation in Dune Cat, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon.
  • : Following new legislation in Dune Cat, Paul Catreides is strangely popular with male politicians' wives.

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