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Largest Retail Industry: 1,727thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,193rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 2,916th
The Empire of
Compulsory Consumerist State Aspirational Worker State
Keep the Heid
Influence
Vassal
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Kalldunn

Population7.894 billion

CapitalLochinver
LeaderEmperor Arran IV
FaithChurch of Kalldunn

CurrencyGuilder
AnimalNorthern Raven

The Empire of Kalldunn is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Arran IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, aversion to nipples, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 7.894 billion Kalldunnians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lochinver. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Kalldunnian economy, worth a remarkable 1,808 trillion Guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 229,145 Guilders, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 850,083 per year while the poor average 43,447, a ratio of 19.6 to 1.

Overhead luggage compartments on planes sometimes conceal diminutive intelligence officers, the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education, the seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers, and there's no representation without taxation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kalldunn's national animal is the Northern Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Church of Kalldunn.

Kalldunn is ranked 60,971st in the world and 42nd in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Most Stationary, with 758.0537509564 days.

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Largest Retail Industry: 1,727thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,193rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 2,916thTop
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 3,181stMost Cheerful Citizens: 4,028thMost Valuable International Artwork: 4,639thLargest Mining Sector: 4,737thMost Influential: 5,071stMost Corrupt Governments: 5,095thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 6,104thRudest Citizens: 6,142ndMost Efficient Economies: 6,872ndHighest Average Incomes: 6,879thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 7,130thMost Scientifically Advanced: 7,513thLargest Black Market: 8,838thMost Patriotic: 8,856thMost Cultured: 9,095thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 9,162ndLargest Information Technology Sector: 9,221stLargest Publishing Industry: 9,763rdSmartest Citizens: 11,851stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 11,878thMost Secular: 12,124thMost Developed: 13,674thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 13,829thHighest Economic Output: 14,178thTop
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Largest Agricultural Sector: 15,355thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 15,837thMost Subsidized Industry: 16,005thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 18,053rdLargest Governments: 19,794thHighest Food Quality: 20,717thLowest Crime Rates: 24,091stMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 29,141st
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Largest Retail Industry: 5th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 5th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 6th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 8th in the regionLargest Black Market: 8th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 9th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 9th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 9th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 10th in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 10th in the regionRudest Citizens: 12th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 12th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 12th in the regionTop
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Largest Manufacturing Sector: 14th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 16th in the regionMost Influential: 17th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 17th in the regionMost Secular: 17th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 17th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 18th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 19th in the regionMost Patriotic: 21st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 22nd in the regionMost Cultured: 23rd in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 24th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 25th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 26th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Kalldunn, there's no representation without taxation.
  • : Following new legislation in Kalldunn, the seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers.
  • : Following new legislation in Kalldunn, the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education.
  • : Following new legislation in Kalldunn, overhead luggage compartments on planes sometimes conceal diminutive intelligence officers.
  • : Kalldunn was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Popular Tourist Destinations.
  • : Following new legislation in Kalldunn, jails have become colloquially known as 'vampire houses'.
  • : Following new legislation in Kalldunn, Emperor Arran IV's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners.
  • : Following new legislation in Kalldunn, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts.
  • : Following new legislation in Kalldunn, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Lochinver to enjoy their national art.
  • : Following new legislation in Kalldunn, the revelation that people were sexist in the past is apparently front page news.

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