Spotlight on:
The Principality of Gauguin |
“Like dreams made of pieces”
Category: Moralistic Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Good |
Location: Department of Labor |
Regional Influence: Enforcer |
The Principality of Gauguin is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Eugene Henri-Paul with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, strictly enforced bedtime, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 7.663 billion Gauguinians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sao Paulo. The average income tax rate is 81.6%.
The frighteningly efficient Gauguinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,044 trillion francs a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 136,332 francs, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.
Police frequently raid drugstores in search of contraband bottles of New Spice aftershave, summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police, nano-damsel fish are the current fad sweeping the nation, and suburban families are finding themselves increasingly short on food as they waste precious water on their lawns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gauguin's national animal is the damsel fish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Order of Violet.
Gauguin is ranked 291,889th in the world and 11th in Department of Labor for Most Stationary, with 2.348088775 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Gauguin's influence in Department of Labor fell from "Power" to "Enforcer".
- : Gauguin's influence in Department of Labor rose from "Sprat" to "Power".
- : Gauguin relocated from Balder to Department of Labor.
- : Following new legislation in Gauguin, suburban families are finding themselves increasingly short on food as they waste precious water on their lawns.
- : Following new legislation in Gauguin, nano-damsel fish are the current fad sweeping the nation.
- : Following new legislation in Gauguin, summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police.
- : Following new legislation in Gauguin, police frequently raid drugstores in search of contraband bottles of New Spice aftershave.
- : Following new legislation in Gauguin, cooking with water and baking soda is considered patent infringement.
- : Gauguin was refounded in Balder.
- : Gauguin ceased to exist in Department of Labor.