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Most Income Equality: 8,828thSafest: 9,159thMost Pacifist: 9,472nd
The Turquoise Paradise of
Liberal Democratic Socialists
Swanky!
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Shi Shi Lala

Population12.593 billion

CapitalSofancy
LeaderFancy McFancypants

Currencylala
Animalmouse

The Turquoise Paradise of Shi Shi Lala is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Fancy McFancypants with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 12.593 billion Shi Shi Lalans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sofancy. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Shi Shi Lalan economy, worth 473 trillion lalas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 37,620 lalas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines, government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda, and ratings for schools' curricula range from 'Pure as the Driven Snow' to 'Late Night TV'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shi Shi Lala's national animal is the mouse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shi Shi Lala is ranked 11,833rd in the world and 7th in The Sweet Ubiquity for Most Stationary, with 2,110.0836148234 days.

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Most Income Equality: 8,828thSafest: 9,159thMost Pacifist: 9,472ndMost Stationary: 11,833rdTop
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 15,175thMost Inclusive: 20,047thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 22,537thNicest Citizens: 24,798thLargest Welfare Programs: 25,852ndMost Advanced Public Transport: 26,858thMost Compassionate Citizens: 27,320thMost Cheerful Citizens: 28,207th
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Safest: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Shi Shi Lala was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
  • : Following new legislation in Shi Shi Lala, ratings for schools' curricula range from 'Pure as the Driven Snow' to 'Late Night TV'.
  • : Shi Shi Lala was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates and Largest Trout Fishing Sector.
  • : Following new legislation in Shi Shi Lala, the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda.
  • : Following new legislation in Shi Shi Lala, government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive.
  • : Following new legislation in Shi Shi Lala, advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines.
  • : Shi Shi Lala was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates and Most Advanced Public Transport.
  • : Following new legislation in Shi Shi Lala, the entire entry for Shi Shi Lala in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'.
  • : The Pink Zombie Paradise of Vox World was struck by a Mk II (Sterilizer) Cure Missile from Shi Shi Lala, curing 20 million infected.
  • : The Pink Zombie Paradise of Vox World was struck by a Mk II (Sterilizer) Cure Missile from Shi Shi Lala, curing 9 million infected.

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