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The Magnificent Eternal Empire of The Class Council

“Für Schneider, Gott und Klassenraum!” the glorious Supreme Council

Category: Corporate Police State
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Regional Influence: Squire

Location: South Pacific

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The Class Council

Population8.787 billion

CapitalThe Classroom
Leaderthe glorious Supreme Council
FaithSchneiderism

CurrencyMonete
Animaloctopus

The Magnificent Eternal Empire of The Class Council is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by the glorious Supreme Council with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 8.787 billion servile students 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Classroom. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.5%.

The frighteningly efficient servile economy, worth a remarkable 1,104 trillion Monetes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 125,726 Monetes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 547,360 per year while the poor average 18,278, a ratio of 29.9 to 1.

Claims adjusters are uselessly vague, clergy do their best to cover up their old tattoos, wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. The Class Council's national animal is the octopus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Schneiderism.

The Class Council is ranked 31,457th in the world and 42nd in South Pacific for Most Stationary, with 1,324.63798556448 days.

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Most Devout: 5,939thLargest Retail Industry: 6,318thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 7,317thMost Valuable International Artwork: 9,421stHighest Disposable Incomes: 9,738thTop
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Most Patriotic: 15,598thMost Corrupt Governments: 16,300thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 17,636thLargest Mining Sector: 17,948thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 18,789thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 19,473rdMost Influential: 20,137thLargest Black Market: 23,532ndMost Efficient Economies: 25,487thHighest Economic Output: 26,450thMost Scientifically Advanced: 27,532nd
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Highest Disposable Incomes: 5th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 6th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 6th in the regionTop
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 7th in the regionMost Devout: 8th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 8th in the regionMost Patriotic: 10th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 11th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 11th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 11th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 11th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 11th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 12th in the regionLargest Black Market: 12th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web.
  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby.
  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, clergy do their best to cover up their old tattoos.
  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, claims adjusters are uselessly vague.
  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, hospitals are run down while the rich pay for private treatment.
  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, lonely people are supposed to be cheered up by the many parties that they are never invited to.
  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, girls who wear lipstick are berated for pandering to male gazes.
  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, patriots insist that size does matter.
  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, genetic researchers have been expelled.
  • : Following new legislation in The Class Council, kids' party bags often contain candy and e-cigarettes.

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