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The Loving Couple of -I-ShipIt- |
“Shipping Fan.”
Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Location: Warzone Airspace |
Regional Influence: Negotiator |
The Loving Couple of -I-ShipIt- is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Vongola with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, state-planned economy, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.049 billion -I-ShipIt-ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Namimori. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 62.8%.
The frighteningly efficient -I-ShipIt-ian economy, worth 768 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Soda Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 127,113 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 431,670 per year while the poor average 27,615, a ratio of 15.6 to 1.
Parties that are too noisy are broken up to prevent disturbing wildlife, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, commercial ships often report keel and hull damage from coral reef impacts, and self-driving cars obey the road rules even during emergencies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -I-ShipIt-'s national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cards.
-I-ShipIt- is ranked 148,067th in the world and 4th in Warzone Airspace for Most Stationary, with 170.91355728192 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, self-driving cars obey the road rules even during emergencies.
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, commercial ships often report keel and hull damage from coral reef impacts.
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws.
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, parties that are too noisy are broken up to prevent disturbing wildlife.
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, the army consists of only generals and grunts.
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, it is common to still see adults with training wheels on their bikes.
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, every worker receives exactly the same pay regardless of productivity.
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, books are considered luxuries only available to the incredibly wealthy.
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, scientists spend more time enduring government inspections than they do on actual science.
- : Following new legislation in -I-ShipIt-, perverts across the land rejoice after 'sexual harassment' was recently renamed 'persuasive courting'.