Spotlight on:

The Kingdom of Spifftopiania

“This is incredibly broken, and of course, perfectly bal”

Overview • Policies • People • Government • Economy • Rank • Trend • Cards

The Kingdom of Spifftopiania is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by God King Spiff with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.259 billion Spifftopians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Spirituality are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spifftopia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Spifftopianian economy, worth 424 trillion spiffcoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 188,003 spiffcoins, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,717,574 per year while the poor average 2,253, a ratio of 762 to 1.

People who make the leader's blood boil get boiled, the nation's countrysides are littered with landmines due to ongoing family disputes, summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police, and rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Spifftopiania's national animal is the tea, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is teaism.

Spifftopiania is ranked 267,943^rd in the world and 11,983^rd in The North Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 0.43 quips per hour.

Top
1%Top
5%Top
10%Top
1%Top
5%Top
10%