The Living Fossil of Coelacanth is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 44.838 billion Coelacanthians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — prioritizes Welfare, with Healthcare and Education also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 78.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The large but stagnant Coelacanthian economy, worth 457 trillion unexpected discoveries a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 10,196 unexpected discoveries, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Elections have been outlawed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coelacanth's national animal is the incorrect hypothesis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Coelacanth is ranked 149,795th in the world and 10th in West Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 603.34 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential and the Top 10% for Most World Assembly Endorsements and Highest Average Tax Rates.
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments and Most Politically Free.
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Safest.
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Populations, Best Weather, Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, and Most Income Equality.
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements and Most Beautiful Environments.
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Gambling Industry.
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Publishing Industry.
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Insurance Industry and Most Stationary.
- : Coelacanth was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
