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The Loving Couple of -Blightsexual

“Lumity”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Squire

Location: The Labyrinth

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-Blightsexual

Population4.366 billion

CapitalBonesborough
LeaderSweet Potato
FaithCards

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Animalowl

The Loving Couple of -Blightsexual is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Sweet Potato with an iron fist, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, zero percent divorce rate, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.366 billion -Blightsexualians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bonesborough. The average income tax rate is 60.0%.

The frighteningly efficient -Blightsexualian economy, worth 507 trillion snails a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,237 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

An increasing number of animal species are named 'Bob', heart attack victims are thrown onto the rails, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, and the hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Blightsexual's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

-Blightsexual is ranked 33,734th in the world and 9th in The Labyrinth for Most Corrupt Governments, with 64.62 kickbacks per hour.

Top
10%
Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 19,051stLargest Black Market: 22,470thMost Subsidized Industry: 23,519thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 27,379thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 29,177th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in -Blightsexual, the hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape.
  • : Following new legislation in -Blightsexual, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts.
  • : Following new legislation in -Blightsexual, heart attack victims are thrown onto the rails.
  • : -Blightsexual was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
  • : Following new legislation in -Blightsexual, an increasing number of animal species are named 'Bob'.
  • : Following new legislation in -Blightsexual, the Hanging Gardens account for half of Bonesborough's water use.
  • : Following new legislation in -Blightsexual, there's a politician called Male Infant Breitbart.
  • : Following new legislation in -Blightsexual, government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders.
  • : Following new legislation in -Blightsexual, voter turnout for the election of the Junior Assistant for Non-Digital Media Strategies has been unsurprisingly low.
  • : -Blightsexual was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.

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