NationStates Jolt Archive

Okay, I'm sure almost everyone here has heard of the RL Transparency International, which monitors corruption and compiles a list of all nations in order, from least corrupt to most corrupt. So, I figured, why not have an NS T.I.? This will basically be an OOC/reference thread. Like the real T.I., nations will be ranked somewhere between 10.00 (corruption-free) to 1.00 (thoroughly corrupt). So, make an honest evaluation of your nation, and ask yourself: Where would your nation fit on the scale? Is bribery rife? Are military leaders promoted on the basis of loyalty rather than merit? Are any kleptomaniacs present in your government? Then, to the best of your ability, make an honest estimate of what number your nation would probably fall under. For the record, my nation (Roach-Busters) has a serious corruption problem, and has a rating of 1.7.



A
Amazonian Beast = 9.1
Anagonia = 9.9
Antanjyl = 9.2
Ato-Sara = 9.2
Azazia = 9.25



B
Banduria = 9.2
Baradossia = 6.5
Beltway, The = 8.97
Black Agents, The = 10.00 (no government, therefore, no governmental corruption)
Black Katanas, The = .25



C
Credonia = 9.5



D
Doomingsland = 9.3
Drakonian Imperium = 9.9
Droloon = 6.8



E
Evil Woody Thoughts = 1.5



F
Free Farmers = 9.8



I
Irondin = 9.00



J
Jenrak = 3.5



K
Kahanistan = 7.3
Khurgan = NA (between 9 and 10)
Kordo = 9.4
Kraven Corporation, The = 9.00
Kroblexskij = 3.6
Kuampala = 1.00



M
Malkyer = 8.9
Maraque = 9.9
MassPwnage = 10.00 (no government, therefore, no governmental corruption)



N
New Dornalia = 7.5
Novacom = 10.00



P
Pacitalia = 9.7
Parthians, The = 6.00



Q
Qarez = 6.5



R
Real ALM, The = 3.00
RedTide2 = 2.00
Roach-Busters = 1.7
Rowle = NA (between 4.5 and 5.00)



S
Sigma Octavus = 5.5
Skitsojd = 9.00
Southeastasia = 9.9
Strogg, The = 10.00



T
Taleloron = 9.8
Transylvania, The = 5.55



U
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (formerly Fascist Confederacy) = 9.8 (publicly) 1.5 (privately)
Upper Xen = 6.00



W
War Breed, The = .09



X
Xeraph = 8.00
Xirnium = 9.8



Z
Zatarack = 9.5

MP: Well, it's technically 10.00, since there's no real government in MP.

Hmmm I'd say Kraven is 9.00 Our Leaders are not corrupt and won't accept bribes, they are immensly Loyal to the Corporation, the only reason why its not 10, is my Leader, Father is a Schitzophrenic, psycopathic megalomaniac Sentient AI Computer....

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I believe Anagonia is a 9.9, seeing as there was a Senate rebellion in FT, but the MT Motherland on NS Earth is seemingly curruption free. They go by the voice of the People, and the Will therein. Do their best to carry it out, and sometimes, when the interest of the People is actually worse for the Nation, will have National Talks on the matter to fix it.

So, you know....Military is based on Merit and Ability, but all throughout its based on Comrade Brethrenhood, treating your fellow Anagonian like Family.

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Upper Xen: 6.00 Though there's a goodly percentage of the Xenizen Government that won't take bribes, and an active Ethics Agency keeps government in line (plus, the CIA has been broken up and reorganized into a more competent agency), there is still a lot of unhealthy influence from the corporate and military spheres in society and the government. Also, there are still mafia groups running about, having beenfited from the Civil War.

The Real ALM: 3.00- Have some semblance of honor among thieves, as the Reunited States is relatively honest and nice to its people, just massively Orwellian and militaristic. Still, that's it. The RALM itself is violent (declaring war on the slightest pretext) and not above mafia like activity (such as drug and arms smuggling), gassing civilians or mowing them down with machine guns, Orwellian suppression (even more than its RSA clients, which actually does get rid of some corrupt elements, but also is an excuse to off opposition to the RALM Brass), and using Shooban slaves to farm its Shin-Nihon plantations.

New Dornalia-7.5- Relatively uncorrupt. Despite some wild west-like conditions in the New Territories and in the back-alleys of Luxembourgia, some issues with minority groups and the fact the government has an unhealthy relationship with the ND Communist Jedi known as the People's Acolytes, the Workers State as a whole is relatively calm and honest, granting its citizens basic civil liberties which are actually defended as well as the chance for a decent livelihood. Also, the Politburo itself is actually relatively untainted by special interests (pays them lip service and pays attention to them, but is not actively dependent on them), ideology only being an issue. An element of note is that the ND Government still has plenty of powers, despite some elements of a democratic process and the rights in a democracy.

3.6 area - high corruption, although nobody likes to admit it or realises it.
The Interior ministry will do anything to get rid of corruption but that ironically causes corruption to catch them.

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8.97 - Members of The Beltway's Parliament have been known to do some fairly corrupt things for lobbyists, but the government bureaucracy, as a whole, is committed to fairness and honest dealings.

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Ato-Sara is probably about 9.2
The corporations try some sneaky tactics to circumvent the laws placed upon them by the socialist government in it's political war agianst them.

Let see, where would the Dominion be on this scale. I say about a 5.55. Because of many reasons. The Count does take bribes from the top three Mafias in the Dominion. Most of the time it is not money but other worldly thing like cars, mansion, and priceless things that they had stole.

Then you got a strange rule in the Dominion’s Armed Forces, it says that a soldier can do what every he/she wants on their off-time like being a merc. As long as they do not take any jobs that a member of JWolf’s inner circle is a target. And they only take jobs within the Dominion.

Those are just two of the reasons, the Dominion would be rated as a 5.55.

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Let's see...right now I'm probably about 1.5, considering my government is run by a Sith Lord...

...Though that is subject to change. I am roleplaying a civil war right now, after all. If this thread is still around next month, I'll update my stats here.

Probably a 6.0, The only major problem with corruption is that Noble families have a lot of say in governmental matters, and the fact the Shah skims the budget and lets government employees do so to a certain extent. (Its how they get paid.)

Probably a nine or ten. Don't get me wrong, there's more infighting and backstabbing than you can shake a stick at, but Helion is for all intents and purposes omniscient, so nobody gets away with anything that would hurt the Khurganate in the slightest.

Kordo is a 9.4

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Hey RB, RALM said you could be in his USA thread. And I look bad on this scale. Edit mine to a 5.55. It will make it look even. Not too corrupt but in the middle.

Hey RB, RALM said you could be in his USA thread. And I look bad on this scale. Edit mine to a 5.55. It will make it look even. Not too corrupt but in the middle.

Sure, np.

Thanks. Just to tell you, JWolf is in the RALM USA thread. It is another reason why he is corrupt. If he can gain something out of war, he will send soldiers to their deaths.

From my pro-business policies and open government system...

Hmm. Maybe a four-point-five to a five?

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I would say around- .09

Now tha we are almost under complete raven corp control many officals are trying to "gun" for job with them.

Amazonian Beasts is pretty low, most of our officials are elected and are honorable. I'll say a 9.1.

Irondin- about a 9.0 I would say due the the fact its government is new and its head of state is hardcore anti-corruption.

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Can't get much better than my government. No military promotions into the government, laws prohibiting corrupt behaviour and free, open democracy with continuously legitimate electoral process. I'd say about 9.7 for Pacitalia.

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Well, theoretically, my government should be fairly incorrupt, being a liberal democracy, and the nobles have very little say in the government, but the Emperor tends to make sure people do what he wants, even if he has to do some unscrupulous things to make sure that happens.

I'm an 8.9, I figure.

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2.0: The only reason it isnt any lower is because military officers above Lieutenant-Colonel are chosen for BOTH loyalty and ability, also, Consortium Agents and Military Personnel below Lieutenant-Colonel are incorruptable.

However there is an EXTREME amount of corruption in the upper levels of the goverment. The reasons are to numerous to list.

My nation's a theocracy. They would die by the millions for the pantheon of gods they worshipped, and the government reflects this - warriors and noble dying left and right for their Vizi-Lords. So yes, it is corrupt, but not enough to be crazy.

I'm saying around 3.5 or something.

9.5. What with most sources of corruption having their own party, they don't have as big an incentive to corrupt.

The Black Agents would have a 10.0 becuase of its lack of a government. But if you consider the Family the governing body, I would say 9.9. The Black agents stress Honor and loyalty from the time of birth to graduation, and beyond.

Kahanistan grudgingly allows corporations to donate to political parties because otherwise they'll lobby the UN to adversely affect Kahanistan's political freedoms rating, and it helps the economy. (Kahanistan is socialist and most of its leaders don't like big business, but the fact that corporations are getting involved in politics is a breeding ground for corruption.) The leadership needs to keep the economy strong because it's always at war.

So, Kahanistan's around... I don't know, 7.3. Some corruption, but most elected officials are fairly honest.

I'd say the Free Farmers are very close to free of corruption, but the King getting himself into places he shouldn't be in (influencing elections) will put my nation at 9.8 Other than the King it is basically a very honest government. Plus the not having money helps battle bribes ;)

Xeraph itself I'd have to give an 8.

The Xeraphian Empire ( Xeraph, Auralinia, Monks, Phoenix, Shadows ) would be a 9.

Corrupt in every perverse, evil, psychotic, treacherous way possible: .25

As we are a fairly new nation, and hold to a high standard of ethics, I give us a 9.8.

Skitsojd would be a 9.00 since the Goverment has to be Un-Corrupt to do it's job. Socialism... it works.

Id say Credonia is about 9.5

Maraque is 9.9

There are small levels of corruption in local government, but in highest branch there is absolutely none because the results of such actions are very harsh. The king doesn't play around, and won't hesitate to put you in jail for life.

Well we're an evil government which lies and is currently mincing up millions of slaves to hide the evidence that they were ever there, with the added benefit of feeding my population. Though I don't consider this corrupt, since the peopl edon't really need to know whats in "meat rations", now do they? We're still in a theocracy, but that should change once the puppet masters pop in from Kraven.(Le sigh) We have an Agency of roughly 76 Million which acts as a police force, with the authority to sentence criminals on sight if need be, but seeing as they are almost all fanatical to maintaining the government's justice they're not above reporting it to our Emperor... But depending on who it is he might let them get by with it if they are doing their job well.

So I would say... Most forms of government corruption are replaced by fanaticism. Our government is seperate from the people anyways, since almost everyone in the higher ranks was at one time raised eo be just that.

9.2

Ordinarily the UK holds elections every four to five years, though no more than five as established by constitutional conventions. Military officers are usually promoted on merit, though the system is not perfect and there are on occasion wholly incompetent officers in positions they could not otherwise achieve except through their money or family's social status. Corruption does of course occur, especially in the poorer regions of the Home Islands and with some degree of regularity in the distant colonies though the severity of such corruption is often limited only to that region and not to national politics.

Currently ongoing is a constitutional crisis, which would in effect lower the score because the battle is between the rights of the monarchy and the rights of Parliament, currently the monarch is winning. But being I anticipate this coming to a conclusion in the near future, I'll concentrate on what would be the normal for the UK.

Normally, I'd say the UK is probably about... say 9.25, though with widely varied degrees by region. The wealthy, English-descended areas are more likely to be 9.8-9.9 whereas the colonies are likely to be in the realm of 7 or 8, though some smaller and destitute colonies would read a 6. Overall, given the population and relative importance of the varied regions, I'd say that 9.25 is appropriate.

Very low levels of corruption. My estimate: 9.8

Holy Xirnium’s government possesses a vast system of checks and balances at all levels of government, both between different branches (for example, the judiciary checks Executive function to make sure it always complies with the law and reviews legislative function, and the legislature checks the Executive by requiring its senior officers to be members of, and accountable to, the Parliament) and within branches (for example, within the Executive an independent bureaucracy provides a check on the Ministry, independent statutory offices check the Executive, etc). Time does not permit a full list of the checks and balances.

Parliament has a vice-like grip over the Armed Forces, so that further reduces corruption and ensures the military cannot become a threat to the State. The Commissariat (an independent review organisation within the military) exists to ensure that the military may never break the law, and to provide further accountability.

The independent Courts ruthlessly enforce laws which prohibit corruption.

Finally, Holy Xirnium has an extremely strong and transparent democracy, an independent media, and a belief that the people are sovereign.

My characters would be rated as 9.9. Because there is an efficient counter-corruption bureau and the founder (and the very first and current) Prime Minister and his fellow cabinet members are one of the few genuinely altruistic and benign politicians in the world. Checks and balances are key factors, and despite the fact that companies are allowed to make private donations, most people are anti-globalizationist (not neccessarily anti-capitalist however).

Probably about a 5.5

I'd have to say 10.0 sounds impossible but only when faced with the corruption elsewhere in the world a new word in Novanm had to be created, one that describes monatery corruption, as such a thing did and does not exist in Novacom whatsoever and such there wasn't a word for it in the language.

My estimate of my nations is: 6.8

Primarily because Droloon is an very large nation, with 30% of the population living in rural areas, the rest in the few big cities which are scattered across the country. Due that the Democratic Government has been very shaky, due to the fact that we have 5,000 Political Parties all meeting current law requirements to be on the ballot (imagine voting!). Hundreds of these Parties are known to be extremely corrupt, hundreds more are known for a good deal of corruption, while others tends to be either a little corrupt or corruption free. Surprisingly the current President is an Independant we won the election, and has shown little corruption.

Provinvical Governors and their 'Cabinets' are known for their corruption, this corruption mainly being stealing any surplus the province gets on its budget and keeping the people from getting involved in Provincial Elections. Below the governors are the smaller cities councils and provincial represenatatives in the Populus Vox voxcis (Populace Voice, or Parliament) are actually known for not being corrupt. That more or less shows how unlike the Federal Government's conversion to Democracy that the Provincial Governors have tried to stay in the Absolute Monarchist ways to ensure they remain in power.

As for corruption in the military, is depends on what part of the country. In harshly cold northern part of the country, where some divisons stay in below 70 degrees for months, if not years, corruption is very ripe. Troops advance threw the ranks based on how they can benefit their superiors. To no ones surprise, the women troops often tend to advance more quickly than the men. In the rest of the country though, military corruption is generally light, due to several unifying figures such as Field Marshall York, and Brigadier General Klaus, along with an ever present FIA (Federal Intelligance Agency), which keeps a close eye on troop corruption, primarily out of a fear that Northern Troop corruption may leak into the rest of the armed forces and thus cause a more autonomous military.

UN Report: "Drakonian Imperium is ranked 12th in the region and 103,024th in the world for Most Corrupt Governments."

Drakonian Imperium: 9.9

OOC: I would say 10, but as there are at least 7,000 nations ahead of me...

6.5

My UN ranking may say otherwise, but I tend to shove those as half of them don't make much sense. The Strogg are a good 10.0, invulnerable to corruption. There is no money, there are no personal goals or ambitions -- there is no 'I' in Strogg.

The Imperium of Banduria's rating is 9.2

While it may seem otherwise, a system of checks and balances does in fact exist in the Imperium—between the Emperor, the archons, and the corporations. Bribes arey relatively infrequent, and while the people of Banduria are not involved in the system, organizations such as the Thought Police are not corrupt either, targeting everyone indiscriminately. Indeed, Lucius I launched a crusade against corruption at one time, stressing the values of honour and hard work...

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Jenrak is ranked 1st in the region and 1,409th in the world for Most Corrupt Governments.

I believe I'm accurate.

1.00

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Well, Qarez by itself, currently would probably be around a 7, 7.2 But it is a dictatorship, and the ruling powers are unchecked, so the possibility of corruption is great. I'd give it a 6.5

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Hmm. The UN has listed us as one of the least corrupt in its own "transparency" index released today, but we know it is missing something.

Meh. Give us a 3.5. It's a lucky number in our nation anyway -- at least if you're familiar with our currency and its origins. :p

Khailfah al Muslimeen has 9.9 rating on the index, we have strong morals and we police ourselves to prevent corruption form being a major problem plus we have the our police agencies keep a hawk eye on all government officials for corruption, its not 10 because no one is perfect.

The United Empire of Colerica....hmm...I'd say around 1.6, but I think it's more towards 3.3-ish. But that's because I view corruption as different from oppression. My government does whatever it wants to whoever (Colerican citizens, that is) it wants whenever it wants and there is nothing anyone can say or do about it. But that's oppression, not corruptionn. So..umm...go with 2.7. :)

Colerica is ranked 1st in the region and 7,322nd in the world for Most Corrupt Governments.

And, RoachBusters...holy crap, it's been so long since I've seen you. You've reappeared as a new nation even! O_o We should get an RP together sometime. If you want to, drop me a TG. :D

My rating would probably be 2.0 since the government does what it wants, but let's the people speak their minds some of the time.