Population | 13.821 billion |
Capital | Grand Chartreuse |
Leader | Abbot Fatty |
Faith | Carthusian Use Catholicism |
Currency | Clover |
Animal | Woodchuck |
The Carthusian Hermit of Fatty the Marmot is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Abbot Fatty with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, fear of technology, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 13.821 billion Marmots 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 large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grand Chartreuse. The average income tax rate is 38.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The large but inefficient Marmeltier economy, worth 469 trillion Clovers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,934 Clovers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Tourists are denied entry because of a distant relative married to a Lilliputian, Abbot Fatty has just been declared ruler of Fatty the Marmot in an international press conference, Fatty the Marmot has designated Grand Chartreuse as its capital city, and Carthusian Use Catholicism has been named as Fatty the Marmot's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fatty the Marmot's national animal is the Woodchuck, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Carthusian Use Catholicism.
Fatty the Marmot is ranked 70,624th in the world and 3rd in Royal Federal Republic of Free States for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Fatty the Marmot lodged a message on the Royal Federal Republic of Free States Regional Message Board.
- : Fatty the Marmot lodged a message on the Royal Federal Republic of Free States Regional Message Board.
- : Fatty the Marmot was reclassified from "Corrupt Dictatorship" to "Father Knows Best State".
- : Fatty the Marmot was admitted to the World Assembly.
- : Fatty the Marmot applied to join the World Assembly.
- : Fatty the Marmot resigned from the World Assembly.
- : Fatty the Marmot was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Populations.
- : Fatty the Marmot lodged a message on the Royal Federal Republic of Free States Regional Message Board.
- : Fatty the Marmot was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Corrupt Dictatorship".
- : Fatty the Marmot lodged a message on the Royal Federal Republic of Free States Regional Message Board.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: None.