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The Incorporated States of Farkarkay

“Strength through freedom”

Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Below Average
Economy:
All-Consuming
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Regional Influence: Hatchling

Location: Lazarus

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Farkarkay

Population5.226 billion

CurrencyLatinum
AnimalBlack Widow

The Incorporated States of Farkarkay is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its digital currency, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.226 billion Farkarkayians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 55.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Farkarkayian economy, worth 588 trillion Latinums a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,633 Latinums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, every week is blindness awareness week, it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Farkarkay's national animal is the Black Widow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Farkarkay is ranked 264,400th in the world and 9,336th in Lazarus for Most Primitive, scoring -207.92 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

Top
5%
Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 8,386thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 10,228thMost Secular: 11,367thTop
10%
Most Patriotic: 15,807thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 15,931stLargest Black Market: 16,079thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 18,822ndMost Corrupt Governments: 19,693rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 22,672ndLargest Agricultural Sector: 25,342ndHighest Poor Incomes: 26,068thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 26,131stMost Authoritarian: 26,662nd
Top
5%
Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 383rd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 516th in the regionTop
10%
Most Secular: 671st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 983rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Farkarkay's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Farkarkay was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, Largest Cheese Export Sector, and Most Secular and the Top 10% for Largest Manufacturing Sector and Most Advanced Defense Forces.
  • : Farkarkay's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Farkarkay was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : Farkarkay ceased to exist in Osiris.
  • : Farkarkay was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
  • : Farkarkay's influence in Osiris rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
  • : Farkarkay was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Farkarkay was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
  • : Farkarkay was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Patriotic.

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