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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,773rdLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,929thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5,116th
The Jingoistic States of
Psychotic Dictatorship
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Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
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Ump209

Population4.774 billion

CurrencyDollar
AnimalEagle

The Jingoistic States of Ump209 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, enslaved workforce, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.774 billion Ump209ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 80.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ump209ian economy, worth 877 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 183,829 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines, only lightning has a chance of striking Leader twice, the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away, and the death penalty has been reintroduced. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ump209's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ump209 is ranked 17,032nd in the world and 1,091st in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 92.25 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,773rdLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,929thTop
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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5,116thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 5,843rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 5,966thMost Subsidized Industry: 6,641stMost Corrupt Governments: 7,876thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 10,973rdNudest: 12,346thMost Efficient Economies: 12,814thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 15,792ndLargest Mining Sector: 16,554thLowest Crime Rates: 17,032ndLongest Average Lifespans: 17,985thHighest Average Tax Rates: 18,543rdLargest Governments: 20,436thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 21,542ndMost Authoritarian: 23,521stLargest Information Technology Sector: 28,728th
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 106th in the regionTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 138th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 246th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 420th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 442nd in the regionNudest: 518th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 532nd in the regionTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 575th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 608th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 625th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,003rd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1,024th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1,040th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,091st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 1,091st in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 1,101st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, the death penalty has been reintroduced.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, only lightning has a chance of striking Leader twice.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, Ump209ian political exiles populate the near abroad.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, the men in trenchcoats hanging around playgrounds are actually police officers.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, litter collection has replaced fast food as the most popular after-school job.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump209, government officials frown on anything more technologically advanced than an abacus.

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