Spotlight on:
The 14 of 14 |
“Rise Up!”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Balder |
Regional Influence: Newcomer |
The 14 of 14 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 22.921 billion 14ians 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 Defense, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.0%.
The frighteningly efficient 14ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,004 trillion Golds 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, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. 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 87,463 Golds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 408,230 per year while the poor average 11,216, a ratio of 36.4 to 1.
Tie-dye has been outlawed for being 'too occult', the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat, one does not simply walk into the tundra, and unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. 14's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
14 is ranked 234,546th in the world and 7,239th in Balder for Most Stationary, with 23.15482545868 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : 14's influence in Balder rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : 14's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : 14's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : 14 was refounded in Balder.
- : 14 ceased to exist in Lazarus.
- : 14 was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Avoided.
- : 14's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : 14's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : 14 was refounded in Lazarus.
- : 14 ceased to exist in Qatar.