Population | 5.989 billion |
Currency | florin |
Animal | kangaroo |
The Republic of Raul89 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.989 billion Raul89ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 57.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Raul89ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,199 trillion florins 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. 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 200,282 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.
The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, government-sponsored gallows are being erected by Violetist temples, and tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Raul89's national animal is the kangaroo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Raul89 is ranked 112,501st in the world and 2,005th in Lazarus for Most Stationary, with 354.63291886812 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Raul89, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread.
- : Following new legislation in Raul89, government-sponsored gallows are being erected by Violetist temples.
- : Following new legislation in Raul89, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions.
- : Following new legislation in Raul89, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry.
- : Raul89 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
- : Following new legislation in Raul89, weathermen are being arrested for attempting to read the future.
- : Following new legislation in Raul89, popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs.
- : Following new legislation in Raul89, engine room hooch is the drink of choice among the nation's navy.
- : Following new legislation in Raul89, school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp.
- : Following new legislation in Raul89, parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend.