Population | 6.606 billion |
Capital | District 1 |
Leader | A Hungry Bear |
Faith | God Is Dead And The Bear Ate Him |
Currency | Saltine Cracker |
Animal | Potato |
The Oppressed Peoples of Scuffleopolis is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by A Hungry Bear with an iron fist, and notable for its fear of technology, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.606 billion Scufflers are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Industry and Spirituality are also considered important, while Environment and Education are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District 1. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Scuffling economy, worth a remarkable 1,838 trillion Saltine Crackers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 278,261 Saltine Crackers, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,164,616 per year while the poor average 9,229, a ratio of 234 to 1.
Sports journals are full of uplifting puff-pieces on professional boxers, books are considered luxuries only available to the incredibly wealthy, tourist operators promise visitors tours of live burning shipwrecks and plane crash sites, and the population's jaw muscles put sharks to shame. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Scuffleopolis's national animal is the Potato, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is God Is Dead And The Bear Ate Him.
Scuffleopolis is ranked 258,524th in the world and 1,528th in 10000 Islands for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -58 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Scuffleopolis, the population's jaw muscles put sharks to shame.
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Scuffleopolis, tourist operators promise visitors tours of live burning shipwrecks and plane crash sites.
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Scuffleopolis, books are considered luxuries only available to the incredibly wealthy.
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Scuffleopolis, sports journals are full of uplifting puff-pieces on professional boxers.
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Scuffleopolis, the District 1 XV Regiment (aka "The Goat Starers") have yet to win a battle.
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Scuffleopolis was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Governments.
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Scuffleopolis was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector.
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Scuffleopolis, police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races.
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Scuffleopolis, the automobile industry is sitting up and taking notice of the new 24 hour race events... as are the track's sleepless neighbours.
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Scuffleopolis, flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists.