Population | 7.565 billion |
Currency | Object Permanence |
Animal | Question Mark |
The Republic of Living Vicariously is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its feral children, unlimited-speed roads, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 7.565 billion Living Vicariouslyians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 80.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Living Vicariouslyian economy, worth 958 trillion Object Permanences a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 126,739 Object Permanences, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.
The new biography of Leader is subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate the Bomb", the government has enacted freedom of information, children get arrested for floating paper boats on lakes, and people think "siege mentality" is a positive trait. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Living Vicariously's national animal is the Question Mark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Living Vicariously is ranked 172,742nd in the world and 10th in Eye for Most Stationary, with 92.6166421142 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Living Vicariously, people think "siege mentality" is a positive trait.
- : Following new legislation in Living Vicariously, children get arrested for floating paper boats on lakes.
- : Following new legislation in Living Vicariously, the government has enacted freedom of information.
- : Living Vicariously was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Moralistic Democracy".
- : Following new legislation in Living Vicariously, the new biography of Leader is subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate the Bomb".
- : Following new legislation in Living Vicariously, the cancellation of "The Real Vixens of Living Vicariously City" has been described as a real blow for entertainment.
- : Following new legislation in Living Vicariously, politicians cheer the nation's surging death rate.
- : Following new legislation in Living Vicariously, Leader will only ring up foreign leaders if they agree to reverse the charges.
- : Following new legislation in Living Vicariously, legal contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on.
- : Following new legislation in Living Vicariously, the question of 'what is Leader's favorite color?' has been given a priority rating of burnt-orange.