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Largest Welfare Programs: 6,793rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 6,998thMost Armed: 7,145th
The Puppet of
Iron Fist Consumerists
Puppet
Influence
Squire
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Landoffunpuppet8

Population5.45 billion

CapitalPuppet
LeaderPuppetman
FaithPuppetreligion

CurrencyPuppets
AnimalPuppets

The Puppet of Landoffunpuppet8 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Puppetman with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.45 billion Landoffunpuppet8ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Puppet. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Landoffunpuppet8ian economy, worth 776 trillion Puppets a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,499 Puppets, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

The law forbids arson, murder, and low-quality cheese, slow dancing is made trickier when Auntie Edna insists on standing between the couple's arms, the government seizes corporate assets it deems 'scary enough', and sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Landoffunpuppet8's national animal is the Puppets, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Puppetreligion.

Landoffunpuppet8 is ranked 327,457th in the world and 635th in The Funian Puppet Region for Most Cultured, scoring 44 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Largest Welfare Programs: 6,793rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 6,998thMost Armed: 7,145thMost Devout: 8,095thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 8,619thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 8,944thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 9,677thMost Advanced Public Transport: 9,882ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 10,662ndLargest Black Market: 11,982ndMost Advanced Public Education: 14,406thHighest Average Tax Rates: 14,447thMost Subsidized Industry: 14,681stMost Valuable International Artwork: 16,111thTop
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Most Conservative: 17,726thMost Corrupt Governments: 18,307thMost Developed: 20,876thMost Authoritarian: 22,108thMost Patriotic: 23,263rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 24,536thLargest Governments: 25,414thLongest Average Lifespans: 26,163rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 27,304thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 27,807thHighest Average Incomes: 28,293rdMost Efficient Economies: 30,631st
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Largest Welfare Programs: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 3rd in the regionMost Influential: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 4th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 4th in the regionMost Devout: 5th in the regionTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 10th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 11th in the regionMost Armed: 11th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 12th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 13th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 14th in the regionMost Avoided: 15th in the regionLargest Governments: 16th in the regionLargest Black Market: 22nd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 22nd in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 23rd in the regionMost Conservative: 23rd in the regionMost Developed: 31st in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 32nd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 32nd in the regionTop
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Highest Economic Output: 36th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 37th in the regionLargest Populations: 38th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 40th in the regionMost Stationary: 41st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 53rd in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 66th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet8, sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet8, the government seizes corporate assets it deems 'scary enough'.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet8, slow dancing is made trickier when Auntie Edna insists on standing between the couple's arms.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet8, the law forbids arson, murder, and low-quality cheese.
  • : Landoffunpuppet8 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet8, election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet8, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet8, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet8, thrift shops are closing their doors.
  • : Following new legislation in Landoffunpuppet8, ill and injured visitors in Landoffunpuppet8 have to walk it off until they return home.

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