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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 90thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 103rdHighest Wealthy Incomes: 106th
The Profitable Plutocracy of
Benevolent Dictatorship
Fortune Dances Amongst the Stars
Influence
Apprentice
Civil Rights
Excessive
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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The Vistoran InterStellar Trade Alliance

Population17.746 billion

CapitalTerminus
LeaderCovas-Nyl

CurrencyTransac
AnimalCorvid

The Profitable Plutocracy of The Vistoran InterStellar Trade Alliance is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Covas-Nyl with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 17.746 billion VISTAns enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Education, although Industry is also considered important, while Environment and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terminus. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient VISTAn economy, worth a remarkable 7,574 trillion Transacs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 426,819 Transacs, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,970,431 per year while the poor average 4,188, a ratio of 948 to 1.

Surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods, former customs officers are adjusting to their new lives as market stall traders, street gangs rule most of the nation's major cities, and nuclear reactors are held together with party string and Hubba Bubba. 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 Vistoran InterStellar Trade Alliance's national animal is the Corvid, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Vistoran InterStellar Trade Alliance is ranked 6,727th in the world and 5th in Rosaceae Sanguinare for Most Cultured, scoring 143 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 90thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 103rdHighest Wealthy Incomes: 106thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 118thFattest Citizens: 122ndLowest Overall Tax Burden: 124thHighest Crime Rates: 186thMost Rebellious Youth: 210thHighest Disposable Incomes: 212thMost Avoided: 216thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 254thMost Armed: 274thLargest Insurance Industry: 286thLargest Gambling Industry: 345thHighest Drug Use: 347thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 396thLargest Retail Industry: 400thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 480thMost Scientifically Advanced: 499thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 531stLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 664thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 669thHighest Average Incomes: 849thLargest Information Technology Sector: 968thRudest Citizens: 1,313thSmartest Citizens: 1,536thHighest Economic Output: 1,544thMost Pro-Market: 1,591stMost Secular: 1,674thLargest Mining Sector: 1,709thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 1,865thMost Corrupt Governments: 2,304thMost Inclusive: 2,333rdLargest Agricultural Sector: 2,532ndTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 3,085thLargest Publishing Industry: 5,431stMost Cultured: 6,727thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 13,261stTop
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Nudest: 16,319thLargest Populations: 20,026thMost Advanced Public Education: 20,128thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 23,007thLargest Black Market: 25,428thMost Extensive Civil Rights: 28,553rdMost Extreme: 30,319th
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Most Pro-Market: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1st in the regionFattest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 1st in the regionTop
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 2nd in the regionRudest Citizens: 2nd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 2nd in the regionMost Secular: 2nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 2nd in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 2nd in the regionHighest Drug Use: 2nd in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 3rd in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 3rd in the regionSmartest Citizens: 3rd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 3rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 3rd in the region

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