Spotlight on:
The Principality of Cardmania90068 |
“I'm not dead yet!”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: Lily |
Regional Influence: Apprentice |
The Principality of Cardmania90068 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, enslaved workforce, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.059 billion Cardmania90068ians 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 Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 76.8%.
The frighteningly efficient Cardmania90068ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,186 trillion Credits a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 197,714 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.
Prison reforms have replaced communal luaus with communal loos, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cardmania90068's national animal is the Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Cardmania90068 is ranked 276,770th in the world and 162nd in Lily for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -8.82 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Cardmania90068 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Patriotic, Most Avoided, Highest Average Incomes, Largest Black Market, and Highest Economic Output.
- : Following new legislation in Cardmania90068, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates.
- : Following new legislation in Cardmania90068, politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return.
- : Following new legislation in Cardmania90068, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter.
- : Following new legislation in Cardmania90068, prison reforms have replaced communal luaus with communal loos.
- : Following new legislation in Cardmania90068, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep.
- : Following new legislation in Cardmania90068, builders spend more time negotiating "tasteful architecture" than on actual construction.
- : Following new legislation in Cardmania90068, oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires.
- : Cardmania90068 was reclassified from "Psychotic Dictatorship" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : Following new legislation in Cardmania90068, antique comic book collectors are disappointed to hear that their treasures are worth exactly as little as their mothers said they were.