Category: Corporate Police State | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Regional Influence: Minnow
Location: the Pacific
The Democratic States of Rifajal is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Ta'rik Abel with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.07 billion Rifajalians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and Education receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taikhan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Rifajalian economy, worth 219 trillion Rifas a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 105,893 Rifas, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 908,240 per year while the poor average 2,107, a ratio of 431 to 1.
Drivers regularly pull over for nonexistent police cars, the hip spot of the season is just over that way, the public are enjoying a royal flush of tax cuts, and surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Rifajal's national animal is the pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Rifajal is ranked 285,382nd in the world and 2,929th in the Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -5.37 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Rifajal lodged a message on the The East Pacific Regional Message Board.
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Rifajal, surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods.
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Rifajal, the public are enjoying a royal flush of tax cuts.
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Rifajal, the hip spot of the season is just over that way.
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Rifajal, drivers regularly pull over for nonexistent police cars.
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Rifajal, the country is littered with broken homes.
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Rifajal, foragers descend on national cemeteries for 'all-you-can-dig-up' extravaganzas.
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Rifajal was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes and the Top 5% for Largest Gambling Industry.
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Rifajal lodged a message on the The Pacific Regional Message Board.
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Rifajal lodged a message on the The Pacific Regional Message Board.