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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,365thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1,509thLargest Mining Sector: 1,558th
The Purple flowers of
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy Communists
Flowers!
Influence
Apprentice
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Below Average

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Purple 10

Population10.925 billion

CapitalFlowerville
LeaderThe Purple
FaithPurple

CurrencyPetal
AnimalHoney bee

The Purple flowers of Purple 10 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Purple with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 10.925 billion Purple 10ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flowerville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Purple 10ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,629 trillion Petals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 240,723 Petals, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 749,042 per year while the poor average 59,482, a ratio of 12.6 to 1.

Babies are a small but significant export, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service, nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines, and the last thing Purple 10ian soldiers hear before charging into battle is a preacher trying to convert them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purple 10's national animal is the Honey bee, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Purple.

Purple 10 is ranked 3,856th in the world and 94th in Nerdlandia for Most Patriotic, with 82.69 flags saluted per person per day.

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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1,365thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1,509thLargest Mining Sector: 1,558thMost Corrupt Governments: 1,692ndLargest Black Market: 1,708thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,723rdLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2,529thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 2,555thTop
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 3,338thMost Avoided: 3,507thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 3,588thMost Subsidized Industry: 3,850thMost Patriotic: 3,856thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 5,095thHighest Average Incomes: 6,102ndMost Efficient Economies: 7,165thRudest Citizens: 7,339thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 7,504thHighest Economic Output: 8,774thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 9,468thMost Advanced Public Education: 11,250thLargest Governments: 13,016thNudest: 13,463rdTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 15,115thMost Valuable International Artwork: 17,406thHighest Average Tax Rates: 18,689thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 22,690thLowest Crime Rates: 23,640thLargest Publishing Industry: 26,511thMost Influential: 28,452nd
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Rudest Citizens: 1st in the regionTop
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Largest Gambling Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 4th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 4th in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 10th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 11th in the regionMost Average: 12th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 14th in the regionTop
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 18th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 19th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 19th in the regionMost Politically Free: 20th in the regionLargest Black Market: 20th in the regionFattest Citizens: 20th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 23rd in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 23rd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 23rd in the regionMost Stationary: 24th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 25th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 25th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 27th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 27th in the regionMost Influential: 27th in the regionLargest Governments: 29th in the regionMost Primitive: 29th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, the last thing Purple 10ian soldiers hear before charging into battle is a preacher trying to convert them.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, babies are a small but significant export.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, the country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, money can't buy love but mercy is entirely negotiable.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy'.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people.
  • : Following new legislation in Purple 10, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental.

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