Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Average |
Economy: Basket Case |
Political Freedoms: Superb |
Regional Influence: Hermit
Location: The New Cooperative Union
Population | 17.061 billion |
Currency | labor certificate |
Animal | leopard |
The Armed Forces of Zulankan Outpost 102 is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 17.061 billion Zulankans 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, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Defense also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The large but stagnant Zulankan economy, worth 183 trillion labor certificates 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, Soda Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 10,776 labor certificates, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zulankan Outpost 102's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Zulankan Outpost 102 is ranked 170,516th in the world and 1st in The New Cooperative Union for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 56.57 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary and the Top 10% for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 altered its national flag.
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 changed its national currency to "labor certificate" and its nation type to "Armed Forces".
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Populations.
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 altered its national flag.
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 updated the World Factbook entry in The New Cooperative Union.
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
- : Zulankan Outpost 102 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.