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The Empire of Sans the sekeleton

“Sans is cool”

Category: Iron Fist Consumerists
Civil Rights:
Outlawed
Economy:
Good
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Enforcer

Location: Ducks

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Sans the sekeleton

Population762 million

CurrencyHumans from the surfas world
Animalspegeti

The Empire of Sans the sekeleton is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 762 million Sans the sekeletonians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.7%.

The Sans the sekeletonian economy, worth 35.8 trillion Humans from the surfas worlds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,018 Humans from the surfas worlds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 186,495 per year while the poor average 8,005, a ratio of 23.3 to 1.

Male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness', beating a dead horse is a scientific endeavor, pedants defending Leader observe that psychopaths and sociopaths aren't exactly the same thing, and police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sans the sekeleton's national animal is the spegeti, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sans the sekeleton is ranked 235,088th in the world and 6th in Ducks for Most Primitive, scoring -96.92 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

Top
5%
Most Conservative: 6,828thMost Valuable International Artwork: 9,116thMost Authoritarian: 11,128thTop
10%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 18,835th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Sans the sekeleton's influence in Ducks fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".
  • : Sans the sekeleton's influence in Ducks rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Following new legislation in Sans the sekeleton, police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races.
  • : Following new legislation in Sans the sekeleton, pedants defending Leader observe that psychopaths and sociopaths aren't exactly the same thing.
  • : Following new legislation in Sans the sekeleton, beating a dead horse is a scientific endeavor.
  • : Following new legislation in Sans the sekeleton, male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness'.
  • : Following new legislation in Sans the sekeleton, science labs across the country languish in cobwebs as the government turns its attentions to spiritual matters.
  • : Following new legislation in Sans the sekeleton, citizens can only enjoy the splendor of the natural world in designated 'Majesty Appreciation' zones.
  • : Following new legislation in Sans the sekeleton, boot polish is the favourite lip gloss of entry-level corporate workers.
  • : Sans the sekeleton lodged a message on the Ducks Regional Message Board.

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