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The Dominion of Outer Urcea

“Éra Nuar”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Negotiator

Location: Urcean Civilization

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Outer Urcea

Population2.419 billion

CapitalOuter Urceopolis

CurrencyImperial Dollar
AnimalArgyrean Tobacco Dog

The Dominion of Outer Urcea is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.419 billion Outer Urceans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Outer Urceopolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Outer Urcean economy, worth 292 trillion Imperial Dollars 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 120,972 Imperial Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 383,557 per year while the poor average 29,089, a ratio of 13.2 to 1.

The police double as repo men, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint, and they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Outer Urcea's national animal is the Argyrean Tobacco Dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Outer Urcea is ranked 23,241st in the world and 2nd in Urcean Civilization for Most Developed, scoring 85.75 on the Human Development Index.

Top
5%
Largest Insurance Industry: 6,708thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 7,440thMost Authoritarian: 10,357thMost Armed: 11,402ndMost Devout: 13,213thTop
10%
Largest Welfare Programs: 17,880thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 21,632ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 22,153rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 22,943rdMost Developed: 23,241stLongest Average Lifespans: 24,500thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 25,101stMost Patriotic: 26,585thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 26,800thMost Corrupt Governments: 27,681stLargest Black Market: 30,782nd
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5%
Largest Insurance Industry: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionMost Stationary: 1st in the regionLargest Populations: 1st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 1st in the regionTop
10%
Most Patriotic: 2nd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 2nd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Devout: 2nd in the regionMost Influential: 2nd in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 2nd in the regionMost Developed: 2nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Outer Urcea was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Following new legislation in Outer Urcea, they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop).
  • : Following new legislation in Outer Urcea, citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint.
  • : Outer Urcea was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
  • : Following new legislation in Outer Urcea, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law.
  • : Following new legislation in Outer Urcea, the police double as repo men.
  • : Following new legislation in Outer Urcea, children seem to be getting better at lying these days.
  • : Following new legislation in Outer Urcea, the government invades its allies more than its enemies.
  • : Following new legislation in Outer Urcea, the statue in the Clarke Plaza has a solar panel for a hat.
  • : Following new legislation in Outer Urcea, concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas".

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