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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 61stMost Primitive: 72ndMost Ignorant Citizens: 114th
The Oppressed Peoples of
Psychotic Dictatorship Fascist Dictatorship
The Truth Emerges From The Mud
The Beacon of Freedom
Influence
Shoeshiner
Region
Civil Rights
Outlawed
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Ligon Swamplands

Population16.375 billion

CapitalThe Underground Chamber
LeaderThe Beacon of Freedom
FaithTruth

CurrencyReed
AnimalSwamp Dragon

The Oppressed Peoples of Ligon Swamplands is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Beacon of Freedom with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, compulsory vegetarianism, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.375 billion Ligon Swamplanders 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Spirituality also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Healthcare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Underground Chamber. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ligon Swamplandsian economy, worth a remarkable 4,992 trillion Reeds 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, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an amazing 304,883 Reeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jaywalking is punishable by public flogging, no true communist is an unbeliever, foreign lack of enthusiasm for Ligon Swamplandsian nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, and punk rockers smash it up and then clean it up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Ligon Swamplands's national animal is the Swamp Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Truth.

Ligon Swamplands is ranked 127,200th in the world and 2,326th in Osiris for Most Stationary, with 266.30485039812 days.

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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 61stMost Primitive: 72ndMost Ignorant Citizens: 114thMost Devout: 122ndMost Advanced Defense Forces: 124thLargest Mining Sector: 339thMost Corrupt Governments: 466thLargest Black Market: 512thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 704thMost Avoided: 869thMost Conservative: 945thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,288thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1,839thLowest Crime Rates: 1,850thHighest Poor Incomes: 2,024thMost Patriotic: 2,025thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2,182ndHighest Average Incomes: 2,742ndTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3,003rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 3,056thHighest Economic Output: 3,331stLargest Governments: 3,446thMost Authoritarian: 5,843rdLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 8,521stHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 8,858thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 14,036thTop
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 17,585thFattest Citizens: 19,222ndLargest Populations: 23,100thMost Subsidized Industry: 27,255thMost Extreme: 29,483rd
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 3rd in the regionMost Primitive: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 4th in the regionMost Devout: 6th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 6th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 10th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 24th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 26th in the regionLargest Black Market: 27th in the regionMost Conservative: 30th in the regionMost Avoided: 43rd in the regionMost Patriotic: 47th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 73rd in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 77th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 79th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 111th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 115th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 132nd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 132nd in the regionLargest Governments: 143rd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 162nd in the regionMost Authoritarian: 177th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 199th in the regionMost Extreme: 260th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 422nd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 441st in the regionTop
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Most Influential: 566th in the regionFattest Citizens: 588th in the regionLargest Populations: 691st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 846th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Ligon Swamplands, punk rockers smash it up and then clean it up.
  • : Following new legislation in Ligon Swamplands, foreign lack of enthusiasm for Ligon Swamplandsian nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli.
  • : Following new legislation in Ligon Swamplands, no true communist is an unbeliever.
  • : Following new legislation in Ligon Swamplands, jaywalking is punishable by public flogging.
  • : Ligon Swamplands was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : Ligon Swamplands was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector and the Top 10% for Fattest Citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in Ligon Swamplands, atheists on vacation find Truth's scriptures make useful doorstops.
  • : Following new legislation in Ligon Swamplands, it is firmly believed that cameras steal souls.
  • : Following new legislation in Ligon Swamplands, children keel over while singing "The Beacon of Freedom Gives Us the Water of Life".
  • : Following new legislation in Ligon Swamplands, talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses.

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