Spotlight on:
The Republic of Army of tasty |
“Twirling Toward Freedom”
Category: Moralistic Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Good |
Political Freedoms: Below Average |
Location: Suspicious |
Regional Influence: Newcomer |
The Republic of Army of tasty is a huge, genial nation, notable for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 696 million Army of tastyians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 21.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Army of tastyian economy, worth 29.7 trillion rupees a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,611 rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.
Orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, newspapers may not print any negative stories about the government, and women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Army of tasty's national animal is the cobra.
Army of tasty is ranked 130,884th in the world and 3,518th in Suspicious for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 808.43 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Army of tasty's influence in Suspicious rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Army of tasty's influence in Suspicious rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Army of tasty's influence in Suspicious rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Army of tasty relocated from The Celtic Union of Celticae to Suspicious.
- : Army of tasty applied to join the World Assembly.
- : Following new legislation in Army of tasty, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms.
- : Following new legislation in Army of tasty, newspapers may not print any negative stories about the government.
- : Following new legislation in Army of tasty, Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case.
- : Following new legislation in Army of tasty, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents.
- : Following new legislation in Army of tasty, Leader's speeches are beloved by insomniacs.