Spotlight on:
The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Friend beetles |
“Lucky Beetles shall rules thy pizza”
Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Very Good |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: World Benchmark |
Location: World of Beetles |
Regional Influence: Apprentice |
The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Friend beetles is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ringa Beetles with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.397 billion Beetles love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrasil. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Friyndian economy, worth a remarkable 1,946 trillion Golden Yggdrasil Leaves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Pizza Delivery. Average income is an amazing 263,123 Golden Yggdrasil Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Engineers preemptively order lawyers after every power cut, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, and unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Friend beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.
Friend beetles is ranked 36,526th in the world and 3rd in World of Beetles for Most Stationary, with 1,242.4025381952 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave.
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order.
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent.
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, engineers preemptively order lawyers after every power cut.
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits.
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough.
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight.
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, the new coalition government is so large nobody knows where it begins.
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time.
- : Following new legislation in Friend beetles, commuters often break into synchronised para-para dancing for no reason at all.