Spotlight on:
The Republic of Card Farmer 3215 |
“Card Farming”
Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
Civil Rights: Below Average |
Economy: Strong |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Birb |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Republic of Card Farmer 3215 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.279 billion Card Farmer 3215ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 29.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The strong Card Farmer 3215ian economy, worth 146 trillion cards a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,738 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.
Ten-year-olds are applying for lemonade stand operator licences, elected officials often serve for decades in a single term, almost every singles' party has a clergy and courtesans theme, and women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Card Farmer 3215's national animal is the farming, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Card Farmer 3215 is ranked 70,048th in the world and 277th in Birb for Most Income Equality, scoring 51.02 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Card Farmer 3215, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms.
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Card Farmer 3215, almost every singles' party has a clergy and courtesans theme.
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Card Farmer 3215, elected officials often serve for decades in a single term.
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Card Farmer 3215, ten-year-olds are applying for lemonade stand operator licences.
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Card Farmer 3215, Members of Parliament are often found living in cardboard boxes.
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Card Farmer 3215, acute politicians deride opposition members for being obtuse.
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Card Farmer 3215, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle.
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Card Farmer 3215, tourists are denied entry because of a distant relative married to a Lilliputian.
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Card Farmer 3215, Card Farmer 3215ians believe manners maketh the leader.
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Card Farmer 3215, cities in Card Farmer 3215 declare independence based on interpretation of the historic meaning of cave paintings.