Spotlight on:
The Republic of Auction Sniper |
“I'll outbid you at the last second”
Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Osiris |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Republic of Auction Sniper is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.039 billion Auction Sniperians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 35.3%.
The frighteningly efficient Auction Sniperian economy, worth a remarkable 1,867 trillion Banks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 186,061 Banks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.
Out-of-work actors say they can't complain, noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law, families consisting of more than three people are forced to split up, and thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Auction Sniper's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Auction Sniper is ranked 14,762nd in the world and 942nd in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 94.46 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Auction Sniper, thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses.
- : Following new legislation in Auction Sniper, families consisting of more than three people are forced to split up.
- : Following new legislation in Auction Sniper, noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law.
- : Following new legislation in Auction Sniper, out-of-work actors say they can't complain.
- : Following new legislation in Auction Sniper, on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons.
- : Auction Sniper was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans and the Top 10% for Most Developed.
- : Following new legislation in Auction Sniper, Auction Sniper City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight.
- : Following new legislation in Auction Sniper, aging citizens are celebrating the end of the 'Early Bird War'.
- : Following new legislation in Auction Sniper, old fossils give the tours at the parliamentary museum.
- : Following new legislation in Auction Sniper, the long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand.