Spotlight on:

The Discoverian Enclave of DiscRete

“Hatred is blind, as well as love”

Overview • Factbook • Policies • People • Government • Economy • Rank • Trend • Cards

The Discoverian Enclave of DiscRete is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its smutty television, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 28.039 billion DiscRetionaries are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.5%.

The very strong DiscRetionary economy, worth a remarkable 1,411 trillion discs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Gambling, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 50,339 discs, with the richest citizens earning 9.8 times as much as the poorest.

Rag-wearing teachers are often mistaken for homeless people, protests are prohibited from blocking traffic, "The Daily Sacrifice" is a routine segment of morning news shows, and archaeological discoveries are often followed by mysterious hamster abductions. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. DiscRete's national animal is the butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is the Church of the Holy Truth.

DiscRete is ranked 267,565^th in the world and 2^nd in Esteria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 39.34 law-abiding acts per hour.