The Republic of Living Vicariously is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, triple-decker prams, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.388 billion Living Vicariouslyians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 89.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Living Vicariouslyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,618 trillion Object Permanences a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 172,400 Object Permanences, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, a milk bath costs more than bathing in money, veterans' meet-ups involve a lot of tail sniffing, and scientists spend more time enduring government inspections than they do on actual science. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Living Vicariously's national animal is the Question Mark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Living Vicariously is ranked 95,280th in the world and 416th in Eye for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,277.2 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
National Happenings
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Living Vicariously was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Incomes.
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Living Vicariously, scientists spend more time enduring government inspections than they do on actual science.
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Living Vicariously, veterans' meet-ups involve a lot of tail sniffing.
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Living Vicariously, a milk bath costs more than bathing in money.
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Living Vicariously, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows.
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Living Vicariously, it turns out you can teach cats new tricks.
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Living Vicariously, the nation refuses to provide international aid.
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Living Vicariously, military funding has been stripped back.
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Living Vicariously, schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention.
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Living Vicariously, tax rises are attributed to divine will.