Spotlight on:
The Ruthless Nation of -Cobra Island |
“COOOBRAAAAA!”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Location: Altmora |
Regional Influence: Instigator |
The Ruthless Nation of -Cobra Island is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Cobra Commander with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.296 billion Cobra citizens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Springfield. The average income tax rate is 68.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Cobra economy, worth 504 trillion cobra coins a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 117,399 cobra coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.
Fifty years of pension funds can disappear in half a second, a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation, industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out, and children are raised bilingual from an early age. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Cobra Island's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.
-Cobra Island is ranked 87,598th in the world and 2nd in Altmora for Most Influential, scoring 692 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in -Cobra Island, children are raised bilingual from an early age.
- : Following new legislation in -Cobra Island, industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out.
- : Following new legislation in -Cobra Island, a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation.
- : Following new legislation in -Cobra Island, fifty years of pension funds can disappear in half a second.
- : Following new legislation in -Cobra Island, squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal.
- : -Cobra Island changed its national nation type to "Ruthless Nation".
- : -Cobra Island changed its national nation type to "The Ruthless Nation".
- : -Cobra Island changed its national nation type to "The Ruthless Nation of".
- : -Cobra Island changed its national animal to "cobra".
- : Following new legislation in -Cobra Island, when the air force says "Black Hawk Down" they mean the feathers of the Cobra dark-plume goshawk.