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The Loving Couple of -OneTrue-Pairing

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Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Superpower

Location: Lands of the Ooga

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-OneTrue-Pairing

Population6.212 billion

CapitalBonesborough
LeaderTinella Nosa
FaithCards

Currencysnail
Animalowl

The Loving Couple of -OneTrue-Pairing is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Tinella Nosa with an iron fist, and notable for its fear of technology, state-planned economy, and compulsory vegetarianism. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.212 billion -OneTrue-Pairingians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bonesborough. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient -OneTrue-Pairingian economy, worth 641 trillion snails 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 a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Retail, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 103,301 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Lottery winners spend most of their money on security, taxpayer-funded government ads are promoting Brancaland as a premier filming location, the Party has more splits than a yo-yo dieter's trousers, and solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -OneTrue-Pairing's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

-OneTrue-Pairing is ranked 55,161st in the world and 1st in Lands of the Ooga for Most Patriotic, with 29.46 flags saluted per person per day.

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5%
Most Secular: 8,503rdLargest Agricultural Sector: 9,361stLargest Retail Industry: 10,366thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 14,978thMost Valuable International Artwork: 15,607thTop
10%
Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 19,145thLargest Black Market: 21,331stMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 22,099thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 23,291stMost Authoritarian: 23,484thMost Subsidized Industry: 25,349thMost Advanced Public Education: 29,270thMost Inclusive: 30,656th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : -OneTrue-Pairing was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Inclusive.
  • : Following new legislation in -OneTrue-Pairing, solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages.
  • : Following new legislation in -OneTrue-Pairing, the Party has more splits than a yo-yo dieter's trousers.
  • : Following new legislation in -OneTrue-Pairing, taxpayer-funded government ads are promoting Brancaland as a premier filming location.
  • : Following new legislation in -OneTrue-Pairing, lottery winners spend most of their money on security.
  • : Following new legislation in -OneTrue-Pairing, small children are frequently chased by rehabilitated pitbulls.
  • : -OneTrue-Pairing was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : Following new legislation in -OneTrue-Pairing, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists.
  • : Following new legislation in -OneTrue-Pairing, computers are widely considered to be the "devil magic of heathens".
  • : Following new legislation in -OneTrue-Pairing, Max Barry is this year's Miss -OneTrue-Pairing.

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