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The Webcomic RolePlaying Game of Darths and Droids

“Jar Jar, you're a genius!” First Cheddar Monk Qui-Gon Jim

Category: Authoritarian Democracy
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Some

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: the Pacific

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Darths and Droids

Population16.682 billion

CapitalTheed
LeaderFirst Cheddar Monk Qui-Gon Jim
FaithDice Rolling

CurrencyLost Orb of Phanatacoria
AnimalSummon Bigger Fish

The Webcomic RolePlaying Game of Darths and Droids is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by First Cheddar Monk Qui-Gon Jim with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, enslaved workforce, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 16.682 billion Cheddar Monks are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it prioritizes Administration, with Environment, Welfare, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Defense isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Theed. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Cheddar economy, worth a remarkable 5,866 trillion Lost Orbs of Phanatacoria a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, extremely specialized black market in Basket Weaving. 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 amazing 351,688 Lost Orbs of Phanatacoria, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, the Department of Reduction of Bureaucratic Red Tape has set up a working committee to investigate its own excessive paperwork, Big Belly is watching you, and national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Darths and Droids's national animal is the Summon Bigger Fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Dice Rolling.

Darths and Droids is ranked 316,572nd in the world and 3,557th in the Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -40.88 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 3rdLargest Welfare Programs: 3rdMost Primitive: 8thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 10thHighest Drug Use: 13thMost Devout: 18thMost Ignorant Citizens: 26thBest Weather: 58thMost Inclusive: 102ndMost Beautiful Environments: 109thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 132ndMost Pacifist: 268thHighest Food Quality: 275thMost Compassionate Citizens: 288thHighest Average Tax Rates: 357thMost Subsidized Industry: 374thNicest Citizens: 400thLargest Black Market: 434thMost Advanced Public Transport: 438thMost Rebellious Youth: 483rdLargest Governments: 657thMost Cultured: 1,041stHighest Average Incomes: 1,809thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 1,823rdMost Efficient Economies: 2,116thHighest Economic Output: 2,685thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,895thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 3,126thTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 3,311thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 4,560thLongest Average Lifespans: 5,255thHighest Poor Incomes: 5,267thHighest Crime Rates: 5,640thNudest: 11,537thTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 21,816thLargest Populations: 25,243rdMost Influential: 30,727th
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Most Devout: 1st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Primitive: 1st in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 1st in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 1st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1st in the regionHighest Drug Use: 1st in the regionBest Weather: 2nd in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 3rd in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 4th in the regionMost Inclusive: 4th in the regionMost Pacifist: 4th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 5th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 6th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 6th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 9th in the regionNicest Citizens: 10th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 13th in the regionLargest Black Market: 14th in the regionMost Cultured: 22nd in the regionLargest Governments: 23rd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 31st in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 35th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 43rd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 44th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 48th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 50th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 50th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 50th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 50th in the regionNudest: 75th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 119th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 139th in the regionLargest Populations: 165th in the regionTop
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Most Stationary: 290th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 341st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Darths and Droids was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.
  • : Following new legislation in Darths and Droids, national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings.
  • : Following new legislation in Darths and Droids, Big Belly is watching you.
  • : Following new legislation in Darths and Droids, the Department of Reduction of Bureaucratic Red Tape has set up a working committee to investigate its own excessive paperwork.
  • : Following new legislation in Darths and Droids, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras.
  • : Following new legislation in Darths and Droids, government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals.
  • : Following new legislation in Darths and Droids, people say that cubists are rubbish because they can't draw faces.
  • : Following new legislation in Darths and Droids, few that venture into government archives are ever seen again.
  • : Following new legislation in Darths and Droids, only clowns with PhDs from clown college can advise First Cheddar Monk Qui-Gon Jim on Darths and Droids's coulrophobia epidemic.
  • : Following new legislation in Darths and Droids, the government is frequently held to ransom by the increasing demands of bloodthirsty pirates.

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