Category: New York Times Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Good |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Excessive |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner
Location: The North Pacific
Population | 10.47 billion |
Capital | Loupélia |
Leader | President James S Grant |
Faith | Catholicism |
Currency | Franc |
Animal | Wolf |
The Democracy of Royaume des loups is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President James S Grant with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 10.47 billion Louveteaux enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, outspoken morass — prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Loupélia. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.
The frighteningly efficient Loups economy, worth a remarkable 1,540 trillion Francs a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 147,105 Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, women no longer need to pepper conversations with incessant references to fictitious husbands, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, and returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Royaume des loups's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.
Royaume des loups is ranked 336,063rd in the world and 5,837th in The North Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -12.39 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Royaume des loups was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments.
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Royaume des loups's influence in The North Pacific fell from "Page" to "Shoeshiner".
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Royaume des loups was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
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Royaume des loups was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
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Royaume des loups, returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion.
- : Following new legislation in
Royaume des loups, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner.
- : Following new legislation in
Royaume des loups, women no longer need to pepper conversations with incessant references to fictitious husbands.
- : Following new legislation in
Royaume des loups, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain.
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Royaume des loups, paper and ink publications are subsidised by the government to keep them in the black.
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Royaume des loups, tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects.