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The Loving Couple of -Ship-Fan |
“I ship it.”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Codex Ylvus |
Regional Influence: Power |
The Loving Couple of -Ship-Fan is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Urahara with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.384 billion -Ship-Fanians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soul Society. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient -Ship-Fanian economy, worth 989 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 155,073 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.
Producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, the country is governed by a clique of political insiders known colloquially as The Establishment, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, and foreign investment has dropped to a trickle after laws were passed preventing investors from taking their earnings abroad. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. -Ship-Fan's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cards.
-Ship-Fan is ranked 41,438th in the world and 2nd in Codex Ylvus for Most Stationary, with 1,076.65654705048 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : -Ship-Fan was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes and the Top 10% for Most Patriotic.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, foreign investment has dropped to a trickle after laws were passed preventing investors from taking their earnings abroad.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, the country is governed by a clique of political insiders known colloquially as The Establishment.
- : -Ship-Fan was reclassified from "Moralistic Democracy" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, tourists are kicked out if they express interest in their national sport.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, political cartoons depicting Urahara's face on a dove's buttocks are selling like hotcakes.
- : -Ship-Fan was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Moralistic Democracy".
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, whales in captivity live in little more than glorified goldfish bowls.