Spotlight on:
The Courtly Kingdom of Cavalier Panther |
“A Panther for All Seasons”
Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Very Good |
Economy: Strong |
Political Freedoms: Superb |
Location: Pantherine |
Regional Influence: Truckler |
The Courtly Kingdom of Cavalier Panther is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Errant Mouser with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, feral children, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 6.678 billion Cavalier Panthers love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flying Buttress. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The strong Cavalier economy, worth 398 trillion pantheras a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,604 pantheras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, tower block residents are each held responsible for four square inches of front lawn, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, and the government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cavalier Panther's national animal is the Chivalry Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Arthurian Rites.
Cavalier Panther is ranked 67,074th in the world and 3rd in Pantherine for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.54 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Cavalier Panther was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Welfare Programs and the Top 10% for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Following new legislation in Cavalier Panther, the government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses.
- : Following new legislation in Cavalier Panther, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom.
- : Following new legislation in Cavalier Panther, tower block residents are each held responsible for four square inches of front lawn.
- : Following new legislation in Cavalier Panther, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces.
- : Following new legislation in Cavalier Panther, airplane passenger seat sizes and ticket prices are both first-class.
- : Cavalier Panther's influence in Pantherine rose from "Vassal" to "Truckler".
- : Following new legislation in Cavalier Panther, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country.
- : Following new legislation in Cavalier Panther, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Flying Buttress to enjoy their national art.
- : Following new legislation in Cavalier Panther, hedge fund managers are diversifying into herbaceous borders.