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Highest Drug Use: 39thHighest Crime Rates: 71stLargest Gambling Industry: 85th
The Chaotic Armies of
Anarchy
Take what you can, give nothing back
Influence
Minnow
Civil Rights
Excessive
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Superb

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The United Pirate Lords

Population9.691 billion

CapitalTortuga
LeaderThe Brethren Court
FaithSocial Darwinism

CurrencyDoubloon
AnimalSozzled Parrot

The Chaotic Armies of The United Pirate Lords is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by The Brethren Court with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, free-roaming dinosaurs, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 9.691 billion Pirates live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tortuga. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Piratical economy, worth a remarkable 2,129 trillion Doubloons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 219,789 Doubloons, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 882,233 per year while the poor average 36,692, a ratio of 24.0 to 1.

Epileptic patients switch their medications to whichever has a 'buy one get one free' offer, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines, and survivors of the Great Internet Flame War often recount horror stories of banhammers and DOS attacks. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The United Pirate Lords's national animal is the Sozzled Parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Social Darwinism.

The United Pirate Lords is ranked 122,366th in the world and 2,475th in the Rejected Realms for Most Stationary, with 287.13444817828 days.

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Highest Drug Use: 39thHighest Crime Rates: 71stLargest Gambling Industry: 85thMost Armed: 89thMost Avoided: 194thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 194thRudest Citizens: 231stLargest Retail Industry: 330thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 333rdMost Rebellious Youth: 349thFattest Citizens: 372ndMost Ignorant Citizens: 477thHighest Disposable Incomes: 1,357thTop
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 3,002ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 3,743rdMost Corrupt Governments: 3,972ndLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 4,015thLargest Mining Sector: 4,104thMost Efficient Economies: 4,940thMost Cultured: 6,188thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 6,191stLargest Publishing Industry: 6,661stHighest Average Incomes: 7,741stLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 8,769thMost Devout: 10,701stHighest Economic Output: 11,336thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 12,191stMost Scientifically Advanced: 12,317thNudest: 13,685thLargest Information Technology Sector: 14,367thTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 20,111thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 22,681stMost Valuable International Artwork: 24,784thMost Pro-Market: 27,949th
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Largest Gambling Industry: 3rd in the regionHighest Drug Use: 3rd in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 4th in the regionMost Armed: 5th in the regionRudest Citizens: 12th in the regionMost Avoided: 13th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 14th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 16th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 17th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 19th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 20th in the regionFattest Citizens: 23rd in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 49th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 70th in the regionTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 72nd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 103rd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 106th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 122nd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 140th in the regionMost Cultured: 147th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 147th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 157th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 202nd in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 221st in the regionMost Devout: 237th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 248th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 273rd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 293rd in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 334th in the regionTop
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Most Pro-Market: 359th in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 365th in the regionNudest: 400th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 521st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 531st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 538th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 593rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in The United Pirate Lords, survivors of the Great Internet Flame War often recount horror stories of banhammers and DOS attacks.
  • : Following new legislation in The United Pirate Lords, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines.
  • : Following new legislation in The United Pirate Lords, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate.
  • : Following new legislation in The United Pirate Lords, epileptic patients switch their medications to whichever has a 'buy one get one free' offer.
  • : Following new legislation in The United Pirate Lords, The Brethren Court is quite hard to get a hold of.
  • : Following new legislation in The United Pirate Lords, politicians have tenure.
  • : Following new legislation in The United Pirate Lords, mandatory state-funded classes teach Libertarianism.
  • : Following new legislation in The United Pirate Lords, half of the nation's import/export industry is run from a location known only as 'Dead Man's Cove'.
  • : The United Pirate Lords was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Civil Rights.
  • : Following new legislation in The United Pirate Lords, the hit new medical TV show "Home" prominently features the brand of painkiller the lead doctor is addicted to.

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