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The Republic of Urial53

“By The People For The People”

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

Regional Influence: Sprat

Location: Lazarus

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Urial53

Population7.271 billion

Currencyruble
Animalkiwi

The Republic of Urial53 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, keen interest in outer space, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.271 billion Urial53ians 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, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 85.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Urial53ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,113 trillion rubles 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 290,637 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, and no one gossips with Leader during diplomatic summits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urial53's national animal is the kiwi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Urial53 is ranked 117,625th in the world and 2,217th in Lazarus for Most Stationary, with 311.7059463414 days.

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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,007thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1,045thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,481stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1,857thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1,944thLargest Black Market: 1,946thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1,969thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,391stHighest Poor Incomes: 2,565thLargest Mining Sector: 2,577thTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 3,208thMost Corrupt Governments: 3,461stMost Advanced Defense Forces: 5,036thMost Efficient Economies: 5,476thLargest Information Technology Sector: 6,960thMost Patriotic: 6,974thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 7,050thLowest Crime Rates: 9,534thLargest Governments: 10,426thMost Advanced Public Education: 11,037thHighest Economic Output: 11,460thMost Scientifically Advanced: 11,629thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 13,200thNudest: 13,983rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 14,096thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 14,641stTop
10%
Most Devout: 15,003rdSmartest Citizens: 20,129thMost Authoritarian: 25,984thLargest Agricultural Sector: 26,121stHealthiest Citizens: 27,050th
Top
1%
Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 55th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 78th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 96th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 100th in the regionTop
5%
Largest Black Market: 106th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 107th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 114th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 124th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 135th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 140th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 148th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 227th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 245th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 353rd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 365th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 370th in the regionTop
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Most Patriotic: 571st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 616th in the regionLargest Governments: 620th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 680th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 697th in the regionNudest: 702nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 714th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 742nd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 847th in the regionMost Devout: 890th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 939th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, no one gossips with Leader during diplomatic summits.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, the Urial53ian Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public.
  • : Following new legislation in Urial53, passwords to nuclear codes must now contain upper and lower case characters.

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