Population | 225 million |
Currency | Cortexist Mark |
Animal | Maltorian Viper |
The People's Republic of Maltoria is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 225 million Maltorians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but sluggish Maltorian economy, worth 6.33 trillion Cortexist Marks 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 led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 28,149 Cortexist Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Museums have more touchscreens on display than artifacts, popular candidates who don't suffer last-second political scandals tend to get fished out of the Maltoria City River, the nation is designated as a welfare recipient under Skandilundian law, and all work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maltoria's national animal is the Maltorian Viper, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Maltoria is ranked 173,290th in the world and 13th in The Cortexist International for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,091.28 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Maltoria's influence in The Cortexist International rose from "Squire" to "Apprentice".
- : Following new legislation in Maltoria, all work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull.
- : Following new legislation in Maltoria, the nation is designated as a welfare recipient under Skandilundian law.
- : Maltoria was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Following new legislation in Maltoria, popular candidates who don't suffer last-second political scandals tend to get fished out of the Maltoria City River.
- : Maltoria's influence in The Cortexist International rose from "Page" to "Squire".
- : Maltoria was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Income Equality.
- : Maltoria's influence in The Cortexist International rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
- : Following new legislation in Maltoria, museums have more touchscreens on display than artifacts.
- : Following new legislation in Maltoria, asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes.