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The Matriarchy of Ump401

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Category: Authoritarian Democracy
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Sprat

Location: Lazarus

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Ump401

Population4.553 billion

CurrencyPeso
AnimalTiger

The Matriarchy of Ump401 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.553 billion Ump401ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ump401ian economy, worth 946 trillion Pesos 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 207,911 Pesos, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

Military pistols are more secure than the national treasury, collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise, citizens are tied down and forced to watch educational videos on empathy, and sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ump401's national animal is the Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ump401 is ranked 111,229th in the world and 1,584th in Lazarus for Most Stationary, with 355.6994598522 days.

Top
1%
Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,861stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 2,317thTop
5%
Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 3,789thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 4,258thMost Patriotic: 5,201stMost Advanced Defense Forces: 5,352ndMost Corrupt Governments: 5,433rdLargest Black Market: 6,098thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 6,352ndLargest Mining Sector: 6,568thHighest Average Incomes: 9,081stMost Devout: 9,240thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 9,456thMost Advanced Public Education: 9,536thLowest Crime Rates: 9,555thMost Subsidized Industry: 9,632ndMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 11,798thLargest Governments: 11,853rdMost Efficient Economies: 13,899thNudest: 13,970thHighest Average Tax Rates: 13,983rdMost Developed: 14,075thLongest Average Lifespans: 14,806thTop
10%
Largest Welfare Programs: 14,882ndMost Scientifically Advanced: 20,463rdLargest Information Technology Sector: 24,177thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 25,708thHealthiest Citizens: 27,861stLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 28,019thHighest Poor Incomes: 28,176thSmartest Citizens: 29,650th
Top
5%
Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 153rd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 172nd in the regionMost Patriotic: 359th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 377th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 392nd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 410th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 423rd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 475th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 491st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 502nd in the regionTop
10%
Largest Black Market: 532nd in the regionMost Devout: 548th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 571st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 612th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 617th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 618th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 662nd in the regionNudest: 697th in the regionLargest Governments: 716th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 787th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 840th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 857th in the regionMost Developed: 882nd in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 957th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Ump401 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Smartest Citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump401, sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump401, citizens are tied down and forced to watch educational videos on empathy.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump401, collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump401, military pistols are more secure than the national treasury.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump401, foreign lack of enthusiasm for Ump401ian nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump401, every week is blindness awareness week.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump401, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool.
  • : Following new legislation in Ump401, parents are relieved they no longer need to help with their kids' algebra homework.
  • : Ump401 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Smartest Citizens.

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