Population | 18.201 billion |
Currency | $$ |
Animal | Acherontia styx |
The Watchfires of Laughing Swordfish is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 18.201 billion Laughing Swordfishians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 17.2%.
The all-consuming Laughing Swordfishian economy, worth a remarkable 1,459 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 80,215 $$s, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.
100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, the Laughing Swordfish Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work, and government-sponsored gallows are being erected by Violetist temples. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Laughing Swordfish's national animal is the Acherontia styx, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.
Laughing Swordfish is ranked 29,248th in the world and 1st in Imperial Sovereign Realms Army for Most Stationary, with 1,375.18437682588 days.
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- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Survivors.
- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Manufacturing Sector.
- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Survivors.
- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Manufacturing Sector.
- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
- : Laughing Swordfish was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.