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The Queendom of Upper Siretika

“To hear the Beloved of the Goddess is to obey”

Category: Mother Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Below Average
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Diplomat

Location: Rireinu

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Upper Siretika

Population17.619 billion

CapitalRoeso
LeaderSiretika-no Hase
Faiththe Way

Currencyperi
Animalzwilnik

The Queendom of Upper Siretika is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Siretika-no Hase with an iron fist, and notable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 17.619 billion Siretikakave 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roeso. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Upper Siretikan economy, worth a remarkable 2,441 trillion peris a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 138,560 peris, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, Thomas the Spank Engine is the most popular and controversial children's show in the nation, colonial citizens are forced to sing the praise of the "Great Upper Siretikan Liberator", and bleach is the nation's most common pesticide. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Upper Siretika's national animal is the zwilnik, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Way.

Upper Siretika is ranked 37,644th in the world and 3rd in Rireinu for Lowest Crime Rates, with 78.7 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Nudest: 1,246thTop
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 3,644thMost Devout: 7,521stMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 7,803rdMost Cheerful Citizens: 8,155thMost Cultured: 8,287thHighest Average Tax Rates: 11,144thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 12,410thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 12,522ndLargest Welfare Programs: 12,764thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 12,769thLargest Governments: 13,064thLargest Publishing Industry: 13,399thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 14,231stBest Weather: 14,678thTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 20,343rdLargest Populations: 20,374thMost Subsidized Industry: 22,648thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 23,590thLongest Average Lifespans: 28,317th
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Most Popular Tourist Destinations: 1st in the regionLargest Governments: 1st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1st in the regionMost Cultured: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionMost Devout: 1st in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 1st in the regionBest Weather: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 2nd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 2nd in the regionMost Conservative: 2nd in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Upper Siretika was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
  • : Upper Siretika was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Upper Siretika was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Upper Siretika was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Upper Siretika was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
  • : Upper Siretika was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.
  • : Upper Siretika was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.
  • : Upper Siretika's influence in Rireinu fell from "Ambassador" to "Diplomat".
  • : Upper Siretika's influence in Rireinu rose from "Diplomat" to "Ambassador".
  • : Upper Siretika was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates.

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