Spotlight on:
The Red Hour of Beta III |
“In the Body you will find contentment and fulfillment”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Good |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Location: United Earth Space Probe Agency |
Regional Influence: Vassal |
The Red Hour of Beta III is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Landru with an iron fist, and notable for its fear of technology, triple-decker prams, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.73 billion Betans 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Hall of Audiences. The average income tax rate is 75.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The Betan economy, worth 678 trillion Staves 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, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 69,738 Staves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Only clowns with PhDs from clown college can advise Landru on Beta III's coulrophobia epidemic, people have to sneak out of the country in order to have sex, only the brainiest citizens become academics, and the education system is famed for its taxing exams. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beta III's national animal is the Archon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Body.
Beta III is ranked 19,610th in the world and 18th in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Most Stationary, with 1,637.2229799544 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Beta III, the education system is famed for its taxing exams.
- : Following new legislation in Beta III, only the brainiest citizens become academics.
- : Following new legislation in Beta III, people have to sneak out of the country in order to have sex.
- : Following new legislation in Beta III, only clowns with PhDs from clown college can advise Landru on Beta III's coulrophobia epidemic.
- : Following new legislation in Beta III, eight-year-olds can be seen lighting up in public areas.
- : Beta III was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Primitive.
- : Beta III was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Primitive.
- : Beta III was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Avoided.
- : Following new legislation in Beta III, prime picnicking sites are being paved over in the name of progress.
- : Beta III was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Primitive.