Spotlight on:
The Free Republic of Frappuccino |
“mmm... coffee”
Category: Capitalist Paradise | ||
Civil Rights: Average |
Economy: Fair |
Political Freedoms: Average |
Location: The New Meritocracy |
Regional Influence: Dominator |
The Free Republic of Frappuccino is a gargantuan, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 46.75 billion Frappuccinos are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.
The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Social Policy, Defense, and Environment. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.4%.
The enormous but underdeveloped Frappuccinoan economy, worth a remarkable 3,500 trillion cd-rs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 74,871 cd-rs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 381,629 per year while the poor average 8,101, a ratio of 47.1 to 1.
Voters must frequently select what they view as the lesser of two evils on the ballot, punitive tariffs protect local industry, waste is frequently shipped to other countries, and houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Frappuccino's national animal is the computer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Frappuccino is ranked 278,393rd in the world and 4th in The New Meritocracy for Most Primitive, scoring -316.14 on the Scary Big Number Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork, Highest Economic Output, Most Scientifically Advanced, Most World Assembly Endorsements, and Most Inclusive.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Pacifist.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Pacifist.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Pacifist.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Inclusive.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Inclusive.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Inclusive.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.