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The Allied States of Ump214

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Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Sprat

Location: Lazarus

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Ump214

Population4.674 billion

CurrencyDollar
AnimalEagle

The Allied States of Ump214 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.674 billion Ump214ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 61.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ump214ian economy, worth 896 trillion Dollars 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. 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 impressive 191,776 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

High school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, romantic sunsets are no longer interrupted by explosions and monstrous roars, human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants, and the government insists that a ghost voted ten million times in the last election. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ump214's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ump214 is ranked 111,046th in the world and 1,526th in Lazarus for Most Stationary, with 355.71892511752 days.

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1%
Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,166thTop
5%
Most Patriotic: 4,906thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5,484thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5,632ndLargest Manufacturing Sector: 6,548thLargest Black Market: 6,943rdHighest Poor Incomes: 8,502ndMost Corrupt Governments: 9,355thHighest Average Incomes: 11,457thLargest Retail Industry: 11,803rdMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 11,879thLargest Mining Sector: 12,705thMost Secular: 12,821stHighest Disposable Incomes: 14,453rdLargest Information Technology Sector: 14,793rdTop
10%
Most Advanced Defense Forces: 18,438thMost Authoritarian: 20,769thMost Scientifically Advanced: 21,367thMost Subsidized Industry: 21,425thMost Efficient Economies: 25,067thLowest Crime Rates: 26,327th
Top
1%
Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 94th in the regionTop
5%
Most Patriotic: 318th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 440th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 501st in the regionTop
10%
Largest Retail Industry: 567th in the regionLargest Black Market: 615th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 621st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 698th in the regionMost Secular: 756th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 808th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 827th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 846th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 881st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 933rd in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 980th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 994th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ump214 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Information Technology Sector and the Top 10% for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump214, the government insists that a ghost voted ten million times in the last election.
  • : Ump214 was reclassified from "Authoritarian Democracy" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
  • : Following new legislation in Ump214, human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump214, romantic sunsets are no longer interrupted by explosions and monstrous roars.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump214, high school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump214, ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties.
  • : Ump214 was reclassified from "Psychotic Dictatorship" to "Authoritarian Democracy".
  • : Following new legislation in Ump214, glamping Ump214ians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump214, many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses.

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