Category: Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Average |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Good |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner
Location: Lazarus
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The Benevolent Queendom of Divine Cervine History - 2018 November - December
2018
November - December
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November 1st, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 175th in the world and 4th in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 93.82 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.
The WhoTube comments section has gone strangely quiet. #636
Divine Cervine's Civil Rights fell from Good to Average.
Sex changes are routinely performed at Divine Cervine's hospitals. #66
One tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber. #937
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November 2nd, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 45th in the world and 1st in Lazarus for Best Weather, with 1,964 Meters Of Sunlight.
Small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome. #1012
Radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion. #219
Divine Cervine's Civil Rights rose from Average to Good.
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November 3rd, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 102nd in the world and 3rd in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 212.8 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.
Refugees from other nations are flocking to Divine Cervine's border. #47
Hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have. #1092
Divine Cervine's Civil Rights rose from Good to Very Good.
Prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned spouses. #836
Knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags. #1098
Divine Cervine's Civil Rights fell from Very Good to Good.
Birth rates have hit an all-time low. #364
November 4th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 280th in the world and 5th in Lazarus for Smartest Citizens, with 289.19 Quips Per Hour.
The government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative. #262
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November 5th, 2018
- Conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors. #834
November 6th, 2018
- A suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League. #750
Divine Cervine's Civil Rights rose from Good to Very Good.
The government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen. #1093
All citizens must pass a 'multicultural sensitivity test' to be deemed fit for society. #245
Divine Cervine's Civil Rights fell from Very Good to Good.
The nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake. #1037
November 7th, 2018
- Divine Cervine's Medieval Faire is renowned as one of the best in the region. #61
The Fashion Channel can only be viewed on widescreen TVs. #887
November 8th, 2018
- Farting etiquette is taught in schools. #946
The government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines. #1029
November 9th, 2018
- All the playground's a stage for Divine Cervinean schoolchildren. #984
November 10th, 2018
- Pushy mums tell their kids to be doctors and engineers but steer them away from being penniless lawyers. #601
Stuttering trypanophobes are doomed never to marry. #943
November 11th, 2018
- The experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Purple Fairy Deer Dung" has been declared a national treasure. #856
There are no more heroes any more. #935
The government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region. #908
Cogitators and mass debaters are skiving off work to hang around the National Symposium Park. #803
November 12th, 2018
- Any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist. #394
Libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars. #99
Body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms. #873
November 13th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 131st in the world and 3rd in Lazarus for Largest Governments, scoring 89.75 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.
Tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects. #440
A popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street". #983
The government's giant servers are often used as a tourist trap. #1100
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November 14th, 2018
- The nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics. #261
RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept. #624
Where there's a will there is usually a password manager. #926
Judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend. #765
November 15th, 2018
- Organ donation is compulsory. #26
Bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of. #632
The sound of wooden legs echo throughout Divine Cervine after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax. #135
November 16th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 267th in the world and 5th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 487 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
Sections of the police receive paramilitary training. #455
The government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life. #589
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November 17th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 21st in the world and 1st in Lazarus for Most Developed, scoring 99.61 on the Human Development Index.
Every workday begins with group therapy. #496
Serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk. #721
Films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay. #1090
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it... Divine Cervinean satellites can detect it. #1099
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November 18th, 2018
- Employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams. #830
The reams of paperwork accompanying any electronic item are a recognised contributor to national deforestation. #890
Pro-democracy regime change has been avoided. #359
November 19th, 2018
- Cub scouts are being asked to hand in their woggles as the state withdraws funding for scouting. #642
November 20th, 2018
- Pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security. #950
Military funding has been stripped back. #14
Scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new. #999
The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction. #342
Psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Queen Arbeaone to meetings with foreign heads of state. #915
November 21st, 2018
- Tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests. #23
November 23rd, 2018
- Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation. #485
The nation's youth would rather watch paint dry than the news. #776
November 24th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 31st in the world and 1st in Lazarus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 39,704.51 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.
The government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists. #222
Interest in globalism never flags. #1114
Therapists can always squeeze in another house-call. #1049
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November 25th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 5,341st in the world and 263rd in Lazarus for Highest Economic Output, with 2,033 trillion Standard Monetary Units.
Traumatised refugees have a full bedpan shoved into their hands along with their immigration papers. #1028
Queen Arbeaone's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader. #683
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November 26th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 15,320th in the world and 775th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 303.76 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.
The most penniless demographics have by far the highest number of researchers per capita. #763 dismiss
The banshee wail foretells skies of death. #974
No one is quite sure what many government officials look like. #852
Some Divine Cervinean athletes have defected to Blackacre after being denied the chance to compete in international sporting events. #573
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November 27th, 2018
- Children are raised bilingual from an early age. #71
The government officially wants you to slow down and speak more clearly. #644
Carbon-footprint restrictions are making businesses walk. #675
November 28th, 2018
- Artists are pillars of society. #124
Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume. #689
Grumbling early morning commuters bemoan having to travel to work in the dark. #821
November 29th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 15,406th in the world and 772nd in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 302.45 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.
The nation's ambassadors often conduct their business in jail cells. #912
Noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law. #338
Foreign policy is to avoid standing up to bullies. #981
Children are disappointed to learn that cavemen never had a yabba-dabba-doo time riding dinosaurs to work. #1117
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December 1st, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 265th in the world and 6th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 491 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
Ten-year-olds are applying for lemonade stand operator licences. #722
Newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names. #798
Elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation. #959
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December 2nd, 2018
- Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate. #491
Divine Cervine's Civil Rights rose from Good to Very Good.
Builders across Divine Cervine are blocked up with orders for new public loos. #525
It is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow. #813
Young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus. #556
December 3rd, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 5,287th in the world and 259th in Lazarus for Highest Economic Output, with 2,047 trillion Standard Monetary Units.
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December 4th, 2018
- Welfare funding has recently gone through the roof. #164
Rare art has become a significant factor in negotiating all foreign trade agreements. #492
Claims of miracles are met with calls to eradicate religion as superstitious nonsense. #1120
Military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies. #663
December 5th, 2018
- Pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty. #858
Mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field. #373
Bins outnumber trees in city parks. #1007
December 7th, 2018
- Ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward. #728
In a baffling press conference Queen Arbeaone proudly dismantled a broken door. #503
All statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers. #701
December 8th, 2018
- Excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions. #659
Shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals. #431
Terrorists are on a first name basis with the officials that stamp their passports. #670
Busy commuters no longer hear the cries of "I want some more!" on the nation's streets. #785
December 9th, 2018
- The nation's taxpayers pay for foreign government's extravagances. #677
The seventh son of a seventh son is fated to be a millionaire. #995
Maxtopian villagers starve by the time Divine Cervinean officials even file the appropriate paperwork needed to help them. #654
December 10th, 2018
- One does not simply walk into the tundra. #1013
The wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned. #145
A vast monorail network carries people all over the country. #83
Arbitration is mightier than the sword. #131
December 11th, 2018
- Drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. #449
The Museum of Soybeans is the cultural heart of the nation. #581
December 13th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 91st in the world and 2nd in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 215.87 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.
There's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. #138
Prudishness is on the way out. #411
Posters on 'Divine Cervinean Values' advise against being proud of Divine Cervine. #1026
Drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. #902
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December 14th, 2018
- Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police. #321
Calling dibs is an unalienable right. #719
High school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate. #504
December 15th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 29th in the world and 1st in Lazarus for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 47,881.19 on the Edu-tellignceฎ Test Score.
Queen Arbeaone's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site. #600
The nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees. #35
It is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt. #925
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December 16th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 636th in the world and 37th in Lazarus for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 16,921.04 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.
Elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-ค luminous orb mansions. #127
The government has declared victoria over the cheese menace. #507
It is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. #705
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December 17th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 40th in the world and 2nd in Lazarus for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 11,515.71 on the Clooney Contribution Index.
Economic planning is exalted as a human art form. #472
Enchanted Wildwood has become the number one destination for urban exploration in Lazarus. #518
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December 19th, 2018
- Children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life. #190
December 20th, 2018
- Fashion magazine covers finally display realistic body images following photo-manipulation becoming illegal. #613
Both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade. #685
December 21st, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 8th in the world and 1st in Lazarus for Most Inclusive, scoring 789.64 on the Mandela-Wollstonecraft Non-Discrimination Index.
The installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused. #462
Children usually cry on their first day of school. #1128
Enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity. #1062
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December 23rd, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 89th in the world and 5th in Lazarus for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 22,205.27 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.
Student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned purple fairy deerball fields. #415
The volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose. #1058
There are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees her shadow. #733
Groups of government workers are declared protected tribes if they venture too deep into the Capitol. #490
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December 25th, 2018
- The Divine Cervinean Babysitters Club has proven to be a huge relief to stressed-out parents across the nation. #448
Sex changes are routinely performed at Divine Cervine's hospitals. #66
Thomas the Spank Engine is the most popular and controversial children's show in the nation. #516
Five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars. #1131
The nation has nearly as many history museums as Divine Deerlings. #637
The national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid. #633
December 26th, 2018
- Divine Cervine has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. #263
Children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet. #365
Nouveau riche farmers diligently take care of their golden calf herds. #1075
December 27th, 2018
- Community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common. #709
Cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy. #811
December 28th, 2018
- Divine Cervine is ranked 30th in the world and 1st in Lazarus for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 47,991.43 on the Edu-tellignceฎ Test Score.
Couples are discouraged from marrying until they can rank their partner on a scale of one to ten. #1023
The nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments. #963
The national policy for Public Protest has been reinstalled. The right to public protest is considered to be essential.
Politicians have seen a significant reduction in followers on their social media accounts. #992
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December 29th, 2018
- Films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay. #1090
Earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss. #672
December 30th, 2018
- Prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators. #69
Several underground organisations in Divine Cervine have recently been spreading discontent throughout the populace about not being able to vote. #177 dismissed
December 31st, 2018
- The government spends millions of ค luminous orbs every year prosecuting spammers. #94
Citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons. #149
Divine Cervine's Civil Rights fell from Very Good to Good.
Television characters who ask how someone's doing are charged with harassment. #1077
Divine Cervine published "The Benevolent Queendom of Divine Cervine History - 2019 January - February" (Factbook: History).