Population | 10.948 billion |
Capital | Espero |
Leader | Not Applicable |
Currency | Not Applicable |
Animal | Ant |
The Upaulian Free Federation of The United States of Paul is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Not Applicable with a fair hand, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.948 billion Upaulians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Espero. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.
The frighteningly efficient Upaulian economy, worth a remarkable 2,428 trillion Not Applicables a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 221,845 Not Applicables, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
A primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, and giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Not Applicable is a silly poophead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The United States of Paul's national animal is the Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
The United States of Paul is ranked 1,712th in the world and 76th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 150.44 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : The United States of Paul's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : The United States of Paul's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : The United States of Paul was refounded in Lazarus.
- : The United States of Paul ceased to exist in Ter0.
- : The United States of Paul's influence in Ter0 rose from "Dominator" to "Hermit".
- : The United States of Paul's influence in Ter0 fell from "Hegemony" to "Dominator".
- : The United States of Paul was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Nudest.
- : The United States of Paul was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
- : The United States of Paul was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
- : The United States of Paul was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.