Spotlight on:
The United Socialist States of Heymondia |
“Unity, Innovation, Justice.”
Category: Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Good |
Economy: Reasonable |
Political Freedoms: Very Good |
Location: The East Pacific |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The United Socialist States of Heymondia is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 348 million Heymondians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 65.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but inefficient Heymondian economy, worth 14.4 trillion Zests a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is 41,240 Zests, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Travel bureaus double as recruiting centers for national intelligence agencies, pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, after every storm there's an expensive government-funded rainbow, and skin-tone prom dresses are more unpopular than ever. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Heymondia's national animal is the Cow, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.
Heymondia is ranked 214,004th in the world and 3,509th in The East Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 13.72 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Heymondia, skin-tone prom dresses are more unpopular than ever.
- : Following new legislation in Heymondia, after every storm there's an expensive government-funded rainbow.
- : Following new legislation in Heymondia, pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security.
- : Following new legislation in Heymondia, travel bureaus double as recruiting centers for national intelligence agencies.
- : Following new legislation in Heymondia, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates.
- : Heymondia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Zombified.
- : Heymondia was endorsed by The Holy Potato Democracy of Hieggary.
- : Heymondia was endorsed by The Endorse American-Cascadia of Kangarawa.
- : Heymondia was endorsed by The Holy Lordship of Khusja.
- : Heymondia was endorsed by The Republic of Lightning McClean.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 32 » Aivintis, La Xinga, Troc, H-Zhena, Debluu, The City of Philadelphia, New Leganes, Dremaur, Kyrisland, Soramra, Amjedia, Romanoddle Republic, Truth and Technologies, Volinovia, Reynar, Hizuru, East Malaysia, Empire of Dabiristan, Maltitalerland, American-Cascadia, Roissyland, Merlovich, Axdel, Enlil, Atrocha, Arleat, The Perplexed, Philville2, Malvekia, Khusja, Kangarawa, and Hieggary.