Spotlight on:
The Republic of Bigboy485 |
“Big boy”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Powerhouse |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Big Boy Brigade |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Republic of Bigboy485 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.049 billion Bigboy485ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.4%.
The powerhouse Bigboy485ian economy, worth 195 trillion dubloons 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 95,567 dubloons, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.
Citizens must inform the government each time they have a haircut, protests are illegal, schoolchildren must pass a six-month Ethics and Safety Committee Assessment before they are allowed to mix baking soda and vinegar, and Leader's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bigboy485's national animal is the ox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Bigboy485 is ranked 113,043rd in the world and 430th in Big Boy Brigade for Smartest Citizens, with 34.17 quips per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Bigboy485, Leader's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site.
- : Following new legislation in
Bigboy485, schoolchildren must pass a six-month Ethics and Safety Committee Assessment before they are allowed to mix baking soda and vinegar.
- : Following new legislation in
Bigboy485, protests are illegal.
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Bigboy485 was reclassified from "Moralistic Democracy" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : Following new legislation in
Bigboy485, citizens must inform the government each time they have a haircut.
- : Following new legislation in
Bigboy485, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists.
- : Following new legislation in
Bigboy485, belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace'.
- : Following new legislation in
Bigboy485, the government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins.
- : Following new legislation in
Bigboy485, families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs.
- : Following new legislation in
Bigboy485, years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details.