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The Wandering Soul of Unders

“Brotherhood!”

Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights:
Very Good
Economy:
Basket Case
Political Freedoms:
Excellent

Regional Influence: Superpower

Location: Verthandi

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Unders

Population19.897 billion

CapitalUndertown
LeaderLord Under
FaithUnderism

CurrencyEuro
Animalfox

The Wandering Soul of Unders is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Lord Under with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 19.897 billion Undersians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Undertown. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Undersian economy, worth 172 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 8,665 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Self-driving cars have been banned, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, the government funds large training centres to turn foxes into functioning members of society, and anyone dissenting from the state ideology is declared "mentally ill" and whisked away in a straitjacket. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Unders's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Underism.

Unders is ranked 105,245th in the world and 2nd in Verthandi for Most Primitive, scoring -21.21 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

Top
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Most Income Equality: 2,987thTop
10%
Largest Populations: 16,665thMost Valuable International Artwork: 22,562nd

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Unders was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Unders was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Unders was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Unders was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Unders was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Unders was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Unders's influence in Verthandi rose from "Power" to "Superpower".
  • : Unders was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
  • : Unders's influence in Verthandi rose from "Powerbroker" to "Power".
  • : Unders's influence in Verthandi rose from "Eminence Grise" to "Powerbroker".

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