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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 7,489thLeast Corrupt Governments: 28,601st
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Rutlandias

Population86 million

CurrencyPound
AnimalSquirrel

The Principality of Rutlandias is a large, genial nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 86 million Rutlandiasians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Rutlandiasian economy, worth 5.14 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,728 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Rutlandiasian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rutlandias's national animal is the Squirrel , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rutlandias is ranked 67,563rd in the world and 1,077th in the West Pacific for Most Income Equality, scoring 52.54 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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Most Politically Free: 256th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Rutlandias, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways.
  • : Following new legislation in Rutlandias, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit.
  • : Rutlandias was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Following new legislation in Rutlandias, kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll.
  • : Following new legislation in Rutlandias, the Rutlandiasian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas.
  • : Following new legislation in Rutlandias, the nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny.
  • : Following new legislation in Rutlandias, the government is spending billions of Pounds on a fancy space probe to find a planet that may not even exist.
  • : Following new legislation in Rutlandias, citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges.
  • : Rutlandias was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Following new legislation in Rutlandias, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates.

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