Spotlight on:
The Protectorate of Hopei |
“Continue the Three Principles of the People.”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: League of Xishanists |
Regional Influence: Hermit |
The Protectorate of Hopei is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Governor Yan Xishan with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, strictly enforced bedtime, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 11.891 billion Hopeians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Taiyuan. The average income tax rate is 42.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Hopeian economy, worth a remarkable 2,188 trillion Yuan a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 184,063 Yuan, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Hospitals have poor data security but send lots of bodies to be encrypted, rap artists are regularly arrested for promoting extremist groups, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and there is no such thing as an innocent fling in the Hopeian military. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Hopei's national animal is the Clouded Leopard, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Shangdi.
Hopei is ranked 184,701st in the world and 1st in League of Xishanists for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.03 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Hopei, there is no such thing as an innocent fling in the Hopeian military.
- : Following new legislation in Hopei, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping.
- : Following new legislation in Hopei, rap artists are regularly arrested for promoting extremist groups.
- : Hopei was reclassified from "Corrupt Dictatorship" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
- : Following new legislation in Hopei, hospitals have poor data security but send lots of bodies to be encrypted.
- : Following new legislation in Hopei, most pop videos prominently feature the Hopeian flag.
- : Hopei was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Following new legislation in Hopei, historical commemorations regularly devolve into militaristic jingoism.
- : Following new legislation in Hopei, Hopeians suffer not the eggplant emoji to live.
- : Following new legislation in Hopei, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Hopei to be bombproof.