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Most Valuable International Artwork: 1,362ndMost Armed: 3,513thHighest Crime Rates: 3,615th
The Gameficated LAN Party of
Moralistic Democracy
Reality is broken. Game designers can fix it.
Influence
Eminence Grise
Governor
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Below Average

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Vylixan Paichnidia

Population9.91 billion

CapitalLAN Party
LeaderSteve Russell
FaithGameficarion

CurrencyDiamond
AnimalMario

The Gameficated LAN Party of Vylixan Paichnidia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Steve Russell with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 9.91 billion Vylixan Paichnidians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of LAN Party. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Vylixan Paichnidian economy, worth 916 trillion Diamonds a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,451 Diamonds, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 487,969 per year while the poor average 9,314, a ratio of 52.4 to 1.

Hunters often become the hunted, virtually all of the country's economic activity takes place in LAN Party, Steve Russell's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, and agricultural employees work for peanuts. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Vylixan Paichnidia's national animal is the Mario, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Gameficarion.

Vylixan Paichnidia is ranked 56,890th in the world and 3rd in Video games for Smartest Citizens, with 40.57 quips per hour.

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Most Valuable International Artwork: 1,362ndTop
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Most Armed: 3,513thHighest Crime Rates: 3,615thMost Avoided: 5,435thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 5,448thNudest: 6,392ndHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 6,956thLargest Information Technology Sector: 10,051stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 10,604thMost Rebellious Youth: 13,010thHighest Disposable Incomes: 15,351stTop
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Largest Black Market: 23,090thMost Scientifically Advanced: 23,381stLargest Publishing Industry: 24,926thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 27,786thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 30,490thMost Corrupt Governments: 31,982ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 33,429th
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Highest Economic Output: 1st in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionMost Developed: 1st in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionMost Cultured: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionMost Average: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 1st in the regionNudest: 1st in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 1st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionMost Influential: 1st in the regionLargest Populations: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionMost Secular: 1st in the regionMost Stationary: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Vylixan Paichnidia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes and the Top 10% for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides and Most Corrupt Governments.
  • : Following new legislation in Vylixan Paichnidia, agricultural employees work for peanuts.
  • : Following new legislation in Vylixan Paichnidia, Steve Russell's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader.
  • : Following new legislation in Vylixan Paichnidia, virtually all of the country's economic activity takes place in LAN Party.
  • : Following new legislation in Vylixan Paichnidia, hunters often become the hunted.
  • : Following new legislation in Vylixan Paichnidia, stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings.
  • : Vylixan Paichnidia's influence in Video games fell from "Powerbroker" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Vylixan Paichnidia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in Vylixan Paichnidia, destitute athletes are forced to train in the street.
  • : Following new legislation in Vylixan Paichnidia, construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway.

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