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The Kingdom of Cothidal |
“A nation without God is a body without a heart”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Outlawed |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
Location: Balder |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Kingdom of Cothidal is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by King Henry Indominus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, parental licensing program, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.592 billion Cothidalians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castra Nova. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.
The frighteningly efficient Cothidalian economy, worth a remarkable 2,925 trillion florins 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 an amazing 385,340 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.
Children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists, the populace harbors a fierce hatred of the metric system, and no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cothidal's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Blongo Christianity.
Cothidal is ranked 345,247th in the world and 16,578th in Balder for Nicest Citizens, with 0.08 average smiles per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Cothidal, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police.
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Cothidal, the populace harbors a fierce hatred of the metric system.
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Cothidal, flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists.
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Cothidal, children are often punished for the sins of the fathers.
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Cothidal, all fantasy fiction has officially been deemed non-canon.
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Cothidal, caroling is considered a public disturbance.
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Cothidal, astronomers are flocking to Cothidal to take advantage of its clear night skies.
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Cothidal, artists regularly face criminal charges and art-burning parties are common.
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Cothidal, major cities are suffering under water rationing.
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Cothidal, tourists visiting the nation are warned not to drink local tap water.