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Most Primitive: 5,051stMost Authoritarian: 8,411thMost Armed: 10,904th
The People's Republic of
Psychotic Dictatorship Fascist Dictatorship
The future in his peak
Influence
Unproven
Region
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Weak
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Escanval

Population1.076 billion

CapitalBkilrge

CurrencyEscan
AnimalPraying mantis

The People's Republic of Escanval is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.076 billion Escanvalians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bkilrge. The average income tax rate is 56.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Escanvalian economy, worth 36.5 trillion Escans 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. 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 33,884 Escans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Corrective labour camps either end political dissent or kill the dissenters, national parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys', the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Escanval in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Escanval's national animal is the Praying mantis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Escanval is ranked 49,243rd in the world and 3,161st in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.29 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Most Primitive: 5,051stMost Authoritarian: 8,411thMost Armed: 10,904thTop
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 17,742ndMost Conservative: 21,033rdMost Patriotic: 28,603rd
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Most Primitive: 303rd in the regionMost Authoritarian: 338th in the regionTop
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Most Armed: 699th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 849th in the regionMost Conservative: 939th in the regionMost Extreme: 942nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Escanval's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Escanval was refounded in Balder.
  • : Escanval ceased to exist in Osiris.
  • : Escanval's influence in Osiris rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Following new legislation in Escanval, Leader has just been declared ruler of Escanval in an international press conference.
  • : Escanval's influence in Osiris rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Following new legislation in Escanval, the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard.
  • : Following new legislation in Escanval, national parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys'.
  • : Following new legislation in Escanval, corrective labour camps either end political dissent or kill the dissenters.
  • : Following new legislation in Escanval, people have become comfortably numb.

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