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The Loving Couple of -Ship-Fan |
“I ship it.”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
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 remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, smutty television, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.645 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, well-organized 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 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient -Ship-Fanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,037 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 156,119 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.
The Gallery of Amusing Cat Photographs is the most popular museum in the country, new cases of Asbestosis are cropping up as quickly as hospitals can deal with them, music teachers are commonly seen busking in order to fund their music programs, and visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage. 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 192,261st in the world and 6th in Codex Ylvus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 45.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage.
- : -Ship-Fan was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Mining Sector and Most Avoided.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, music teachers are commonly seen busking in order to fund their music programs.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, new cases of Asbestosis are cropping up as quickly as hospitals can deal with them.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, the Gallery of Amusing Cat Photographs is the most popular museum in the country.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, small towns have started burning historical buildings in hopes of attracting tourists.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, perverts across the land rejoice after 'sexual harassment' was recently renamed 'persuasive courting'.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, babysitters are a thing of the past.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, garbage bags floating down the river are churned up by man-made rapids.
- : Following new legislation in -Ship-Fan, children dream of becoming physicians and physicists.