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The UPC of Centrist Card Farm 149 |
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Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Memeland United |
Regional Influence: Page |
The UPC of Centrist Card Farm 149 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.039 billion Centrist Card Farm 149ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.4%.
The frighteningly efficient Centrist Card Farm 149ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,078 trillion Cards a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 153,179 Cards, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.
Leader's peyote-induced "let's all just be friends" speech is trending world-wide, citizens are prohibited from raising their voice above thirty decibels in commercial districts, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, and morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Centrist Card Farm 149's national animal is the Raven, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Centrist Card Farm 149 is ranked 112,326th in the world and 243rd in Memeland United for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,353.18 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Centrist Card Farm 149 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market and Most Patriotic and the Top 10% for Highest Wealthy Incomes, Most Advanced Public Education, and Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Centrist Card Farm 149's influence in Memeland United rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
- : Centrist Card Farm 149 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Beautiful Environments.
- : Centrist Card Farm 149 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending and Most Beautiful Environments.
- : Centrist Card Farm 149 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
- : Following new legislation in Centrist Card Farm 149, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom.
- : Following new legislation in Centrist Card Farm 149, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally.
- : Following new legislation in Centrist Card Farm 149, citizens are prohibited from raising their voice above thirty decibels in commercial districts.
- : Following new legislation in Centrist Card Farm 149, Leader's peyote-induced "let's all just be friends" speech is trending world-wide.
- : Following new legislation in Centrist Card Farm 149, election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll.