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The Republic of Sitobild

“You Can't Stop Progress”

Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Average
Economy:
Reasonable
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: Lazarus

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Sitobild

Population8.719 billion

Currencybitcoin
Animaleagle

The Republic of Sitobild is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 8.719 billion Sitobildians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 28.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Sitobildian economy, worth 279 trillion bitcoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,038 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Professional athletes juggle part-time jobs to avoid bankruptcy, urban entrepreneurs are busy introducing cockroaches into restaurant kitchens, every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, and people who have lived their entire lives in Sitobild are shocked to discover that they are not citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sitobild's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sitobild is ranked 169,750th in the world and 7,083rd in Lazarus for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,018.93 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.

Top
10%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 26,572nd
Top
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 1,131st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Sitobild's influence in Lazarus rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
  • : Sitobild's influence in Lazarus rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
  • : Sitobild's influence in Lazarus rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : Sitobild's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Sitobild's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Sitobild was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : Sitobild ceased to exist in The Rejected Realms.
  • : Sitobild was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Sitobild was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Zombified.
  • : Sitobild was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.

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