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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 37thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 43rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 49th
The Shopping Mall Tyranny of
Iron Fist Consumerists Imperialist Pig Dog Oppressors
GREATEST SHOPPING MALL IN THE UNIVERSE!!!
Supreme Leader Ivica Todoric
Influence
Ambassador
Civil Rights
Outlawed
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Konzum K-plus

Population16.021 billion

CapitalKonzum Shopping Mall
LeaderSupreme Leader Ivica Todoric
FaithConsumerism

CurrencyFlogging
AnimalSalmonella

The Shopping Mall Tyranny of Konzum K-plus is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Supreme Leader Ivica Todoric with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 16.021 billion SHOPPERS 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order is also considered important, while Welfare and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Konzum Shopping Mall. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Konzum K-plusian economy, worth a remarkable 8,468 trillion Floggings 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. 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 a breathtaking 528,594 Floggings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Salmonellaball fields, pollution is on the rise along with government approvals of fracking projects, and historical commemorations regularly devolve into militaristic jingoism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Konzum K-plus's national animal is the Salmonella, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Consumerism.

Konzum K-plus is ranked 3,102nd in the world and 16th in Psychotic Dictatorships for Lowest Crime Rates, with 129.36 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 37thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 43rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 49thLargest Mining Sector: 239thMost Ignorant Citizens: 282ndMost Corrupt Governments: 293rdHighest Average Incomes: 343rdLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 560thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 586thLargest Insurance Industry: 867thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,177thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1,267thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1,369thLargest Governments: 1,746thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2,493rdTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 2,967thLowest Crime Rates: 3,102ndRudest Citizens: 3,940thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 5,037thLargest Agricultural Sector: 8,320thMost Efficient Economies: 8,397thMost Conservative: 8,826thLargest Gambling Industry: 9,066thMost Subsidized Industry: 11,826thNudest: 13,687thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 13,689thTop
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Largest Retail Industry: 18,550thLargest Information Technology Sector: 20,854thLargest Populations: 23,913th
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 2nd in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 2nd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 4th in the regionRudest Citizens: 4th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 4th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 4th in the regionTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 5th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 6th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 7th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 8th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 8th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 8th in the regionLargest Governments: 8th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, historical commemorations regularly devolve into militaristic jingoism.
  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, pollution is on the rise along with government approvals of fracking projects.
  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Salmonellaball fields.
  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames.
  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, endocrinology is a rapidly growing field of study.
  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, criminals are thrown to the Salmonellas to repay their debt to society.
  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams.
  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, girls in elementary school classes gaze longingly at boys playing tag.
  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, boys who even ask about cheerleading are placed on the Sex Offenders Register.
  • : Following new legislation in Konzum K-plus, a common response to government PSAs is "well, DUH, obviously".

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