Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Regional Influence: Sprat
Location: Lazarus
Population | 7.363 billion |
Currency | dollar |
Animal | horse |
The Republic of Urial61 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.363 billion Urial61ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 49.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Urial61ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,500 trillion dollars a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 203,786 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.
Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, and lending money has become a major liability. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urial61's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Urial61 is ranked 31,034th in the world and 2,143rd in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 82.12 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Urial61, lending money has become a major liability.
- : Following new legislation in Urial61, homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes.
- : Following new legislation in Urial61, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes.
- : Following new legislation in Urial61, Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished.
- : Following new legislation in Urial61, anyone who sneezes at border crossings is turned away.
- : Urial61 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
- : Following new legislation in Urial61, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep.
- : Following new legislation in Urial61, public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people".
- : Following new legislation in Urial61, major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason.
- : Following new legislation in Urial61, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle.