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The Republic of Laamiva

“They're Palatschinken, not Pfannkuchen.”

Category: Left-wing Utopia
Civil Rights:
Superb
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Superb

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: Balder

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Laamiva

Population8.28 billion

CapitalKuressaare
FaithState Atheism

Currencyrubiin
Animalrabbit

The Republic of Laamiva is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.28 billion Laamivans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kuressaare. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Laamivan economy, worth 753 trillion rubiins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,959 rubiins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Interest in globalism never flags, mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records, and disaster relief budgets are growing like wildfire. Crime is totally unknown. Laamiva's national animal is the rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Laamiva is ranked 27,693rd in the world and 1,483rd in Balder for Most Cultured, scoring 82 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

Top
5%
Most Influential: 3,618thLargest Welfare Programs: 4,078thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 4,249thMost Secular: 6,011thMost Valuable International Artwork: 6,470thMost Compassionate Citizens: 10,709thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 10,782ndMost Beautiful Environments: 11,369thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 11,397thBest Weather: 11,830thNicest Citizens: 12,122ndLongest Average Lifespans: 14,547thMost Advanced Public Education: 15,259thTop
10%
Most Advanced Public Transport: 17,263rdMost Inclusive: 17,664thSmartest Citizens: 18,677thHighest Food Quality: 19,446thHighest Average Tax Rates: 21,039thMost Rebellious Youth: 22,509thMost Developed: 22,577thMost Pacifist: 23,346thLargest Information Technology Sector: 24,273rdMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 24,882ndHighest Poor Incomes: 27,224thMost Cultured: 27,693rdMost Income Equality: 28,524th
Top
1%
Most Influential: 25th in the regionTop
5%
Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 175th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 199th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 275th in the regionMost Secular: 321st in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 558th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 611th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 628th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 628th in the regionNicest Citizens: 640th in the regionBest Weather: 642nd in the regionHighest Drug Use: 648th in the regionTop
10%
Longest Average Lifespans: 836th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 874th in the regionMost Politically Free: 948th in the regionMost Inclusive: 982nd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,027th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 1,036th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 1,114th in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 1,120th in the regionMost Income Equality: 1,138th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 1,160th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,200th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Laamiva was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
  • : Laamiva's influence in Balder rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
  • : Laamiva was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education and the Top 10% for Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : Laamiva was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
  • : Laamiva was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
  • : Laamiva's influence in Balder rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
  • : Laamiva's influence in Balder rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : Laamiva's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Laamiva's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Laamiva was refounded in Balder.

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