Population | 1.909 billion |
Capital | Crowns Royal Zurika |
Leader | King Matthew Richard Diedrich the First |
Faith | Holy Brothers Trinity |
Currency | Zum |
Animal | emu |
The Kingdom of Southwest Zumarik is a massive, genial nation, ruled by King Matthew Richard Diedrich the First with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.909 billion Zumarikians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.
The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crowns Royal Zurika. The average income tax rate is 57.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The powerhouse Southwest Zumarikian economy, worth 169 trillion Zums a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,759 Zums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Agreeing to appear on TV is often the best way to access social care, moonshine has made a resurgence, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, and politicians stage photo ops featuring barely functional fighter jets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Southwest Zumarik's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Holy Brothers Trinity.
Southwest Zumarik is ranked 59,151st in the world and 34th in European Union for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,322.63 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Southwest Zumarik was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential and the Top 10% for Highest Food Quality, Most Inclusive, and Best Weather.
- : Southwest Zumarik's influence in European Union rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Southwest Zumarik's influence in European Union rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Southwest Zumarik's influence in European Union rose from "Zero" to "Newcomer".
- : Southwest Zumarik relocated from The Red Plains to European Union.
- : Southwest Zumarik's influence in The Red Plains rose from "Zero" to "Squire".
- : Southwest Zumarik endorsed The Mighty empire grounds of Ashiguburg.
- : Southwest Zumarik endorsed The Empire of Indsoarm.
- : Southwest Zumarik endorsed The Holy Empire of Gaviao-Real.
- : Southwest Zumarik endorsed The Free Land of The Relatively Large Fish.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: None.