Spotlight on:
The Free Republic of Ballistikov |
“In God We Trust”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: the Pacific |
Regional Influence: Page |
The Free Republic of Ballistikov is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Amelinda Kunkel with an iron fist, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.251 billion Ballistikovians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Blitzkov. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Ballistikovian economy, worth a remarkable 7,577 trillion Marks 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. 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 a breathtaking 571,873 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Loudmouthed journalists are given the chop, those awarding peace prizes to Ballistikovians find themselves in pieces, the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, and the banshee wail foretells skies of death. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ballistikov's national animal is the Ballistikovian Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.
Ballistikov is ranked 300,824th in the world and 3,362nd in the Pacific for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 12.33 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Ballistikov, the banshee wail foretells skies of death.
- : Following new legislation in Ballistikov, the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans.
- : Following new legislation in Ballistikov, those awarding peace prizes to Ballistikovians find themselves in pieces.
- : Ballistikov was reclassified from "Authoritarian Democracy" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
- : Ballistikov lodged a message on the The Pacific Regional Message Board.
- : Ballistikov lodged a message on the The Pacific Regional Message Board.
- : Ballistikov lodged a message on the The Pacific Regional Message Board.
- : Ballistikov's influence in The Pacific rose from "Unproven" to "Page".
- : Ballistikov relocated from Balder to The Pacific.
- : Ballistikov was refounded in Balder.