Spotlight on:
The Free Republic of Frappuccino |
“mmm... coffee”
Category: Capitalist Paradise | ||
Civil Rights: Average |
Economy: Fair |
Political Freedoms: Average |
Location: The New Meritocracy |
Regional Influence: Dominator |
The Free Republic of Frappuccino is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, rampant corporate plagiarism, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 48.304 billion Frappuccinos are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.
The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Social Policy, Defense, and Environment. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.4%.
The enormous but underdeveloped Frappuccinoan economy, worth a remarkable 3,616 trillion cd-rs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 74,871 cd-rs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 381,629 per year while the poor average 8,101, a ratio of 47.1 to 1.
Voters must frequently select what they view as the lesser of two evils on the ballot, punitive tariffs protect local industry, waste is frequently shipped to other countries, and houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Frappuccino's national animal is the computer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Frappuccino is ranked 47,251st in the world and 2nd in The New Meritocracy for Most Cultured, scoring 73 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Food Quality.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombies, the Top 5% for Most Zombified and Most Dead, and the Top 10% for Most Survivors.
- : Frappuccino was ravaged by a Zombie Burster Horde from The Republic of Rocketfuel4, infecting 83 million survivors.
- : Frappuccino was ravaged by a Zombie Burster Horde from The Republic of Rocketfuel3, infecting 93 million survivors and converting to a zombie exporter! Oh no!
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
- : Frappuccino was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Inclusive.