The People´s Republic of Schliat is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Yi McMainface with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.601 billion Schliatians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anthafen. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Schliatian economy, worth a remarkable 1,181 trillion KVRS 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 137,333 KVRS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Gossip magazines have pictures of Yi McMainface sunbathing on the beach with political rivals, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons, and clowns are being rounded up and admitted to mental institutions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Schliat's national animal is the Seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.
Schliat is ranked 282,614th in the world and 10,809th in Lazarus for Most Primitive, scoring -384.59 on the Scary Big Number Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Schliat was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education, Most Scientifically Advanced, Most Inclusive, Most Beautiful Environments, and Highest Food Quality.
- : Schliat was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Following new legislation in Schliat, clowns are being rounded up and admitted to mental institutions.
- : Following new legislation in Schliat, citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons.
- : Following new legislation in Schliat, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop.
- : Following new legislation in Schliat, gossip magazines have pictures of Yi McMainface sunbathing on the beach with political rivals.
- : Following new legislation in Schliat, not many kids know Shakespeare's Hamlet but most of them have seen unofficial sequel Hamlet III - The Search For Osric.
- : Schliat's influence in Lazarus rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Schliat was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Welfare Programs.
- : Following new legislation in Schliat, intoxicated AI mobile platforms are sometimes seen crashing through windows instead of being crashed by them.
