Spotlight on:
The Free Land of ETR |
“Freedom, Compassion, Community”
Category: Left-wing Utopia | ||
Civil Rights: Superb |
Economy: Developing |
Political Freedoms: Superb |
Location: Forest |
Regional Influence: Nipper |
The Free Land of ETR is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning deer population. The compassionate, democratic population of 364 million ETRians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 39.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but underdeveloped ETRian economy, worth 11.5 trillion coins a year, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,550 coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, bike rage is all the rage, nose plugs are the latest ETRian fashion accessory, and a popular saying is "don't do the crime if you can't smash the lime(stone)". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. ETR's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
ETR is ranked 166,877th in the world and 117th in Forest for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,631.77 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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ETR's influence in Forest rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
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ETR, a popular saying is "don't do the crime if you can't smash the lime(stone)".
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ETR's influence in Forest rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
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ETR, nose plugs are the latest ETRian fashion accessory.
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ETR, bike rage is all the rage.
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ETR, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region.
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ETR, you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly.
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ETR, thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks.
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ETR was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Income Equality.
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ETR, all mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave.