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The Free Land of TorNaGul

“Rock ON !!!”

Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Below Average
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Apprentice

Location: the Rejected Realms

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TorNaGul

Population31.134 billion

CapitalLibria
LeaderLuca Aeris
FaithThe Church of the Void

Currencyyeast
Animalblub

The Free Land of TorNaGul is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Luca Aeris with an iron fist, and renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, soft-spoken computers, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 31.134 billion TorNaGulians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Libria. The average income tax rate is 94.9%.

The frighteningly efficient TorNaGulian economy, worth a remarkable 6,475 trillion yeasts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, extremely specialized black market in Information Technology and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 207,972 yeasts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parking lots are littered with coffee cups and doughnut crumbs, even secular TorNaGulians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews, and newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TorNaGul's national animal is the blub, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Church of the Void.

TorNaGul is ranked 3,672nd in the world and 60th in the Rejected Realms for Most Cultured, scoring 188 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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1%
Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 181stLargest Black Market: 597thMost Advanced Public Transport: 781stMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1,015thMost Advanced Public Education: 1,073rdLargest Information Technology Sector: 1,711thHighest Economic Output: 2,695thMost Corrupt Governments: 2,754thLowest Crime Rates: 2,869thTop
5%
Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 3,186thMost Scientifically Advanced: 3,201stSmartest Citizens: 3,443rdMost World Assembly Endorsements: 3,481stMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 3,534thMost Cultured: 3,672ndMost Beautiful Environments: 3,867thMost Influential: 4,018thMost Subsidized Industry: 4,378thHighest Poor Incomes: 4,490thLargest Populations: 5,392ndHighest Average Tax Rates: 5,745thHighest Food Quality: 7,137thMost Secular: 8,463rdLargest Governments: 9,658thHighest Average Incomes: 10,102ndLargest Publishing Industry: 11,870thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 12,218thMost Valuable International Artwork: 14,811thMost Developed: 14,966thMost Stationary: 15,092ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 15,385thTop
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Most Inclusive: 17,702ndMost Efficient Economies: 25,090thMost Armed: 28,154thMost Income Equality: 28,753rd
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1%
Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 5th in the regionLargest Black Market: 8th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 15th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 16th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 19th in the regionMost Influential: 21st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 22nd in the regionTop
5%
Largest Information Technology Sector: 29th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 38th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 42nd in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 50th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 53rd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 56th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 56th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 59th in the regionMost Cultured: 60th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 61st in the regionLargest Populations: 66th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 73rd in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 81st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 94th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 95th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 105th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 118th in the regionMost Secular: 119th in the regionTop
10%
Largest Governments: 132nd in the regionMost Stationary: 142nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 149th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 159th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 169th in the regionMost Developed: 190th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 201st in the regionMost Armed: 222nd in the regionMost Inclusive: 226th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : TorNaGul endorsed The Eternal Ranger of Karputsk.
  • : TorNaGul endorsed The Sibyl of Altasund.
  • : TorNaGul voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Commend The New Meritocracy".
  • : TorNaGul voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Spectrum Allocation and Coordination Act".
  • : TorNaGul voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Promoting the Humanities in Education and Research".
  • : TorNaGul was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : TorNaGul endorsed The Empire of Azurean Imperial Federation.
  • : TorNaGul voted for the World Assembly Resolution "No Punishment Without Prior Law".
  • : TorNaGul passed an omnibus bill to adopt 12 General Assembly resolutions.
  • : TorNaGul voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Repeal "Liberate Syria"".

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