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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,222ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 4,476thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 6,433rd
The Directorate of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Long Stories Ahead!
Influence
Power
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

Overview Factbook Dispatches Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

PUTAT

Population7.206 billion

Currencyruble
Animalcrow

The Directorate of PUTAT is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, infamous sell-swords, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.206 billion kleptomaniacs are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 83.3%.

The frighteningly efficient local economy, worth a remarkable 1,302 trillion rubles 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 Book Publishing. 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 impressive 180,788 rubles, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Minstrels carrying coconut shells provide sound effects wherever their nobles wander, pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute, PUTAT's citizens often wander into each other's homes, and the only things written in the stars are arrest warrants for astrologers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PUTAT's national animal is the crow.

PUTAT is ranked 22,301st in the world and 1st in Bahasa Indonesia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,143.86 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,222ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 4,476thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 6,433rdLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 7,076thNudest: 8,390thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 8,615thMost Corrupt Governments: 9,309thLargest Black Market: 9,758thMost Advanced Public Education: 10,684thMost Subsidized Industry: 12,596thHighest Average Tax Rates: 13,957thLargest Governments: 14,050thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 14,168thHighest Average Incomes: 15,018thLargest Publishing Industry: 15,300thLowest Crime Rates: 15,782ndTop
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Most Developed: 18,264thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 18,512thMost Efficient Economies: 19,071stMost Armed: 19,252ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 20,668thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 22,301stMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 22,515thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 22,689thSmartest Citizens: 23,721stLargest Information Technology Sector: 24,533rdHighest Economic Output: 28,637thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 28,941stHighest Poor Incomes: 29,885thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 29,936thMost Scientifically Advanced: 31,180thMost Cultured: 31,758th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in PUTAT, the only things written in the stars are arrest warrants for astrologers.
  • : Following new legislation in PUTAT, PUTAT's citizens often wander into each other's homes.
  • : Following new legislation in PUTAT, pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute.
  • : Following new legislation in PUTAT, minstrels carrying coconut shells provide sound effects wherever their nobles wander.
  • : Following new legislation in PUTAT, a crystal a day keeps the establishment away.
  • : Following new legislation in PUTAT, the sidewalk is used as an overtaking lane by city drivers.
  • : PUTAT was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates and the Top 10% for Most Popular Tourist Destinations.
  • : Following new legislation in PUTAT, colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation.
  • : Following new legislation in PUTAT, citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'.
  • : Following new legislation in PUTAT, nothing gets the party jumping like Leader specifying how high.

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