Spotlight on:
The Republic of Umayyik al-Khafaldur |
“Glory to The Above”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: All-Consuming |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: Africa |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Republic of Umayyik al-Khafaldur is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its teetotalling pirates, ubiquitous missile silos, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 194 million Umayyik al-Khafaldurians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.9%.
The all-consuming Umayyik al-Khafaldurian economy, worth 18.8 trillion Denars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 96,999 Denars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 386,265 per year while the poor average 16,407, a ratio of 23.5 to 1.
Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, protecting the land is holey work, a valid legal defense is 'dead men tell no tales', and babies are increasingly seen as a luxury. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Umayyik al-Khafaldur's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Umayyik al-Khafaldur is ranked 10,090th in the world and 11th in Africa for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 86,426.4 Standard Monetary Units.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, babies are increasingly seen as a luxury.
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, a valid legal defense is 'dead men tell no tales'.
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, protecting the land is holey work.
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews.
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, the law is more interested in punishing crime than preventing it.
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, citizens have to identify all the polar bears in a blizzard photo in order to access their bank account.
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, every new toxic waste dump comes with a seal of approval from the government's science advisor.
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, the government spends twice as much reclaiming lost settlements from the sea as it could've on coastal defences.
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, hairdressers are among those who have disappeared overnight.
- : Following new legislation in Umayyik al-Khafaldur, only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations.