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Most Rebellious Youth: 8,714thLargest Mining Sector: 10,055thMost Armed: 14,250th
The People's Republic of
Iron Fist Consumerists
We like eating blueberry pies
Influence
Minnow
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Yummy Blueberry Pies

Population2.101 billion

CurrencyBlueberry
AnimalBee

The People's Republic of Yummy Blueberry Pies is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its feral children, ban on automobiles, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.101 billion Yummy Blueberry Piesians 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 Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Yummy Blueberry Piesian economy, worth 160 trillion Blueberries a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 76,568 Blueberries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor, bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index, the government blames all suspicious phenomena on flying saucers, and juvenile delinquents are fitter than ever. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yummy Blueberry Pies's national animal is the Bee.

Yummy Blueberry Pies is ranked 33,393rd in the world and 65th in Forest for Most Corrupt Governments, with 65.22 kickbacks per hour.

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5%
Most Rebellious Youth: 8,714thLargest Mining Sector: 10,055thMost Armed: 14,250thTop
10%
Most Devout: 17,773rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 19,245thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 21,221stMost Avoided: 23,335thMost Patriotic: 25,539thMost Ignorant Citizens: 27,736thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 27,997th
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10%
Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 25th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 25th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 25th in the regionMost Armed: 30th in the regionMost Avoided: 31st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 33rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Yummy Blueberry Pies was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Avoided and Most Patriotic.
  • : Following new legislation in Yummy Blueberry Pies, juvenile delinquents are fitter than ever.
  • : Following new legislation in Yummy Blueberry Pies, the government blames all suspicious phenomena on flying saucers.
  • : Following new legislation in Yummy Blueberry Pies, bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index.
  • : Following new legislation in Yummy Blueberry Pies, stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor.
  • : Following new legislation in Yummy Blueberry Pies, safety warnings are prohibited lest they give people ideas.
  • : Following new legislation in Yummy Blueberry Pies, drug-related crimes carry the death penalty.
  • : Following new legislation in Yummy Blueberry Pies, prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries.
  • : Following new legislation in Yummy Blueberry Pies, it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt.
  • : Following new legislation in Yummy Blueberry Pies, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets.

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