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The Commonwealth of Boolaroo

“The tyranny of absolutes must go!”

Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Average
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Powerbroker

Location: Hell

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Boolaroo

Population43.838 billion

CapitalHogwarts
LeaderHarry Potter

Currencydollar
Animalkangaroo

The Commonwealth of Boolaroo is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Harry Potter with an iron fist, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 43.838 billion Boolarooans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hogwarts. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Boolarooan economy, worth a remarkable 3,831 trillion dollars a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 87,394 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Corporate lawyers are joyfully combing through the new tax code for any new loopholes for their clients, students do more community service than homework, a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", and the family of Harry Potter bite their thumbs at paparazzi intrusions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Boolaroo's national animal is the kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Boolaroo is ranked 16,002nd in the world and 14th in Hell for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 7,987.39 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 244thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 391stLargest Populations: 698thMost Advanced Public Education: 815thBest Weather: 1,696thLongest Average Lifespans: 2,211thHealthiest Citizens: 2,298thMost Influential: 2,307thTop
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Largest Publishing Industry: 4,187thMost Advanced Public Transport: 4,968thHighest Economic Output: 5,139thMost Developed: 5,174thMost Efficient Economies: 5,624thMost Beautiful Environments: 5,673rdMost Pacifist: 6,170thLowest Crime Rates: 8,696thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 9,675thSmartest Citizens: 9,764thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 10,106thNudest: 11,960thTop
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Most Subsidized Industry: 16,002ndHighest Food Quality: 16,172ndMost Secular: 16,237thMost Corrupt Governments: 23,747thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 24,238thHighest Average Tax Rates: 24,392ndLargest Governments: 26,577th
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Most Advanced Public Education: 1st in the regionTop
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Healthiest Citizens: 2nd in the regionMost Influential: 2nd in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 2nd in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 3rd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 3rd in the regionBest Weather: 3rd in the regionMost Pacifist: 3rd in the regionLargest Populations: 3rd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 4th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 5th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 6th in the regionMost Developed: 6th in the regionNudest: 7th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 8th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 9th in the regionTop
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Smartest Citizens: 11th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 11th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 12th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 12th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 14th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 15th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 19th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Boolaroo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork, Most Influential, and Most Advanced Public Education and the Top 5% for Most Developed and Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Following new legislation in Boolaroo, the family of Harry Potter bite their thumbs at paparazzi intrusions.
  • : Following new legislation in Boolaroo, a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street".
  • : Following new legislation in Boolaroo, students do more community service than homework.
  • : Following new legislation in Boolaroo, corporate lawyers are joyfully combing through the new tax code for any new loopholes for their clients.
  • : Following new legislation in Boolaroo, Harry Potter's new office has a propensity to catch on fire.
  • : Following new legislation in Boolaroo, nobody is allowed to mention what religion terrorists follow.
  • : Following new legislation in Boolaroo, old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones.
  • : Following new legislation in Boolaroo, the government nonchalantly sells old nukes to other countries.
  • : Following new legislation in Boolaroo, mechanics are often exhausted by their work.

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World Assembly

Endorsements Received: 4 » Sathan, Kyraina, Cynical Alcoholics, and Margala.

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