Spotlight on:
The Empire of Hill Gootheny |
“Twirling Toward Freedom”
Category: Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Excellent |
Location: Balder |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Empire of Hill Gootheny is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The One True Goothenian with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.047 billion Goothenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Goothenia. The average income tax rate is 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Hill Goothenyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,164 trillion Goothens a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,855 Goothens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Sex-ed is child's play, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, and a surprising number of police officers have been arrested for unicorn sacrifices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hill Gootheny's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Goothenism.
Hill Gootheny is ranked 55,058th in the world and 555th in Balder for Most Stationary, with 798.5219195012 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, a surprising number of police officers have been arrested for unicorn sacrifices.
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps.
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume.
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, sex-ed is child's play.
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, bored politicians often entertain themselves with games of Simon during important votes.
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year.
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, the construction of massive skyscrapers seems to be the result of Hill Gootheny's mid-life crisis.
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene.
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them.
- : Following new legislation in Hill Gootheny, The One True Goothenian can cry on demand.