Population | 4.53 billion |
Capital | Ferenginar |
Leader | Nagus |
Faith | Great Material Continuum |
Currency | Gold Pressed Latinum |
Animal | Fox |
The Incorporated States of Rules of Acquisition is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Nagus with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.53 billion Rules of Acquisitionians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.
The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government prioritizes Industry, with Defense, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ferenginar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.
The frighteningly efficient Rules of Acquisitionian economy, worth 531 trillion Gold Pressed Latinums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 117,252 Gold Pressed Latinums, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,061,939 per year while the poor average 1,529, a ratio of 694 to 1.
Eight-year-olds can be seen lighting up in public areas, weapons produced by newly nationalized armaments factories have been found to contain sawdust instead of gunpowder, the meaning of life was recently discovered in the patch notes for Version 1.42, and card collectors duel to the death. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Rules of Acquisition's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Great Material Continuum.
Rules of Acquisition is ranked 113,835th in the world and 59th in Federation of Martian Colonies for Most Stationary, with 342.3479753416 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Rules of Acquisition was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Gambling Industry.
- : Rules of Acquisition's influence in Federation of Martian Colonies fell from "Squire" to "Page".
- : Rules of Acquisition was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Gambling Industry.
- : Rules of Acquisition was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Gambling Industry.
- : Following new legislation in Rules of Acquisition, card collectors duel to the death.
- : Following new legislation in Rules of Acquisition, the meaning of life was recently discovered in the patch notes for Version 1.42.
- : Following new legislation in Rules of Acquisition, weapons produced by newly nationalized armaments factories have been found to contain sawdust instead of gunpowder.
- : Following new legislation in Rules of Acquisition, eight-year-olds can be seen lighting up in public areas.
- : Following new legislation in Rules of Acquisition, the government is known to care more about its buildings than its people.
- : Following new legislation in Rules of Acquisition, it is customary to begin the summer with a fasting ritual in which people eat nothing but kumquat smoothies.