Spotlight on:
The BIGGGGG of Big Business Big Labor Big Oil |
“God, Homeland, Liberty”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Thriving |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: The Frontier Sea |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The BIGGGGG of Big Business Big Labor Big Oil is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.646 billion Big Business Big Labor Big Oilians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 37.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The thriving Big Business Big Labor Big Oilian economy, worth 466 trillion bitcoins 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Gambling. 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 70,242 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.
Forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, public projects are synonymous with yawn-inducing conformity, aides are afraid to ask if Leader wants a cup of tea or coffee, and most believe it doesn't hurt to embrace free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Big Business Big Labor Big Oil's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Big Business Big Labor Big Oil is ranked 66,115th in the world and 44th in The Frontier Sea for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,908.46 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Big Business Big Labor Big Oil, most believe it doesn't hurt to embrace free trade.
- : Big Business Big Labor Big Oil was reclassified from "Psychotic Dictatorship" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : Following new legislation in Big Business Big Labor Big Oil, aides are afraid to ask if Leader wants a cup of tea or coffee.
- : Following new legislation in Big Business Big Labor Big Oil, public projects are synonymous with yawn-inducing conformity.
- : Following new legislation in Big Business Big Labor Big Oil, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left.
- : Following new legislation in Big Business Big Labor Big Oil, Big Business Big Labor Big Oil's fine wines are renowned throughout the region.
- : Big Business Big Labor Big Oil's influence in The Frontier Sea rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
- : Big Business Big Labor Big Oil was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Big Business Big Labor Big Oil's influence in The Frontier Sea rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Big Business Big Labor Big Oil resigned from the World Assembly.