Spotlight on:
The Colony of Aquarii 085 |
“Therefore the gods caught him away to themselves”
Category: Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Reasonable |
Political Freedoms: Average |
Location: Balder |
Regional Influence: Nipper |
The Colony of Aquarii 085 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, digital currency, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 3.687 billion Aquarii 085ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The large but inefficient Aquarii 085ian economy, worth 140 trillion stardusts 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Tourism, Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. 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 38,104 stardusts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aquarii 085's national animal is the water-bearer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Aquarii 085 is ranked 288,295th in the world and 13,393rd in Balder for Smartest Citizens, with 18.84 quips per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Aquarii 085's influence in Balder rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
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Aquarii 085, frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines.
- : Following new legislation in
Aquarii 085, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage.
- : Following new legislation in
Aquarii 085, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records.
- : Following new legislation in
Aquarii 085, homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways.
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Aquarii 085, you're only as old as you feel.
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Aquarii 085 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.
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Aquarii 085, only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile.
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Aquarii 085, commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains.
- : Following new legislation in
Aquarii 085, lines of trenches demarcate the nation's borders.