Population | 19.588 billion |
Capital | Winking Skeever |
Leader | His Grand Holiness |
Faith | Barhopping |
Currency | Bronzed Bottle Cap |
Animal | Bar Stool |
The The Grand Holy Empire of McStooley is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by His Grand Holiness with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and labour-free parental leave. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 19.588 billion Drunkards 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Winking Skeever. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Drunkard economy, worth a remarkable 5,678 trillion Bronzed Bottle Caps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 289,895 Bronzed Bottle Caps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.
Artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings, in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast, and bands of paramedics walk the streets looking for suspicious medical activity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. McStooley's national animal is the Bar Stool, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Barhopping.
McStooley is ranked 988th in the world and 34th in the Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 100.32 Effective Tax Rate.
National Happenings
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McStooley was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Average Incomes.
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McStooley was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
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McStooley was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments.
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McStooley's influence in The Pacific rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
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McStooley's influence in The Pacific rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
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McStooley's influence in The Pacific rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
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McStooley's influence in The Pacific rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
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McStooley altered its national flag.
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McStooley relocated from Balder to The Pacific.
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McStooley was refounded in Balder.