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The Separatist Movement of West Grimblasia

“DOWN WITH THE HOLY GRIMBLASIANS”

Category: Iron Fist Consumerists
Civil Rights:
Outlawed
Economy:
Strong
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Duckspeaker

Location: The Guild of Generations

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West Grimblasia

Population1.322 billion

CapitalNew Dictasa
LeaderSheldon G Rimble
FaithGrimblasianism

CurrencyWest Grimblasian Coin
AnimalSheldon

The Separatist Movement of West Grimblasia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sheldon G Rimble with an iron fist, and remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.322 billion West Grimblasians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Dictasa. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.3%.

The strong West Grimblasian economy, worth 107 trillion West Grimblasian Coins a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,953 West Grimblasian Coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 236,843 per year while the poor average 21,838, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

"Sheldon G Rimble got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, and children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Grimblasia's national animal is the Sheldon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Grimblasianism.

West Grimblasia is ranked 34,456th in the world and 5th in The Guild of Generations for Most Extreme, scoring 37.19 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

Top
1%
Most Secular: 2,988thTop
5%
Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 4,569thMost Conservative: 5,300thMost Authoritarian: 6,833rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 10,074thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 10,959thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 10,975thTop
10%
Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 17,477thMost Patriotic: 21,859thMost Primitive: 24,006thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 30,499thMost Beautiful Environments: 31,612th
Top
5%
Most Secular: 1st in the regionSafest: 1st in the regionMost Patriotic: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 2nd in the regionTop
10%
Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 3rd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 3rd in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 4th in the regionMost Conservative: 4th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 4th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 4th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 4th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : West Grimblasia's influence in The Guild of Generations rose from "Handshaker" to "Duckspeaker".
  • : Following new legislation in West Grimblasia, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines.
  • : Following new legislation in West Grimblasia, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail.
  • : Following new legislation in West Grimblasia, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome.
  • : Following new legislation in West Grimblasia, "Sheldon G Rimble got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom.
  • : Following new legislation in West Grimblasia, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers.
  • : West Grimblasia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Primitive.
  • : Following new legislation in West Grimblasia, visitors to Graffiti Warrens National Park are offered a complimentary tetanus vaccination.
  • : Following new legislation in West Grimblasia, funerals are often rudely interrupted by juggling clowns shouting for volunteers from the audience.
  • : Following new legislation in West Grimblasia, commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains.

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