Spotlight on:
The Dictatorship of Authoritarian Giovanniland |
“We'll do anything to destroy pineapple pizza forever!”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Basket Case |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Location: South Europeia |
Regional Influence: Powerbroker |
The Dictatorship of Authoritarian Giovanniland is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Eternal Leader Giovanni I with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 6.461 billion Authoritarian Giovannilandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Ruins of Giovannistadt. The average income tax rate is 55.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but stagnant Authoritarian Giovannilandian economy, worth 81.3 trillion Golden Orbs 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 large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, 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 12,585 Golden Orbs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom, factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, and every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Authoritarian Giovanniland's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Giovannianism.
Authoritarian Giovanniland is ranked 113,200th in the world and 2nd in South Europeia for Most Stationary, with 347.87438152692 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Authoritarian Giovanniland updated the World Factbook entry in South Europeia.
- : Authoritarian Giovanniland updated the World Factbook entry in South Europeia.
- : Authoritarian Giovanniland updated the World Factbook entry in South Europeia.
- : Authoritarian Giovanniland was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments.
- : Following new legislation in Authoritarian Giovanniland, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead.
- : Following new legislation in Authoritarian Giovanniland, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide.
- : Following new legislation in Authoritarian Giovanniland, factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections.
- : Following new legislation in Authoritarian Giovanniland, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom.
- : Following new legislation in Authoritarian Giovanniland, rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons.
- : Authoritarian Giovanniland was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic.