Population | 10.811 billion |
Capital | Vanam City |
Leader | Presiding Speaker Joe |
Currency | Labor Voucher |
Animal | Toucan |
The Free Territory of Vanam is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Presiding Speaker Joe with a fair hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, smutty television, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.811 billion Vanamians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vanam City. The average income tax rate is 93.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The powerhouse Vanamian economy, worth 990 trillion Labor Vouchers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 91,639 Labor Vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, rioting during the nation's hosting of ORDER caused one million Labor Vouchers of property damage, and ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips. Crime is totally unknown. Vanam's national animal is the Toucan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Vanam is ranked 287,638th in the world and 168th in Anarchy for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.44 kickbacks per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Vanam was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
- : Vanam was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending and Most Influential and the Top 5% for Most Inclusive, Most Beautiful Environments, and Most Advanced Public Education.
- : Vanam was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes.
- : Vanam was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Smartest Citizens.
- : Vanam endorsed The Armed Republic of Podrian Sustainment Brigade.
- : Vanam was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
- : Vanam was endorsed by The Armed Republic of Podrian Sustainment Brigade.
- : Vanam endorsed The Armed Forces of Zulankan Peoples Militia.
- : Vanam was endorsed by The Armed Forces of Zulankan Peoples Militia.
- : Vanam endorsed The Free Land of Ukraine-0.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 11 » YoriZ, East Angria, Leva Komuna, Astrum Nigrum, Random small European state, Guthrie, Baltic Peoples, Sierra Lyricalia, Falivia Pawn Formation, Ukraine-0, and Zulankan Peoples Militia.