Spotlight on:
The Democratic Republic of Hykonica |
“LIBERTAS, ÆQUALITAS, SOCIETAS!”
Category: Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Very Good |
Economy: Powerhouse |
Political Freedoms: Very Good |
Location: Europeia |
Regional Influence: Page |
The Democratic Republic of Hykonica is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President of Hykonica with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 1.005 billion Hykonicans 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 Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thessaloniki. The average income tax rate is 81.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The powerhouse Hykonican economy, worth 88.9 trillion Hykonican Tyerns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 88,489 Hykonican Tyerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, the government is interviewing for thousands of 'Religious Censor' positions, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, and thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hykonica's national animal is the Hykonican Dark Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Hykonica is ranked 90,643rd in the world and 429th in Europeia for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 67.28 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Hykonica was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Food Quality.
- : Following new legislation in Hykonica, thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks.
- : Following new legislation in Hykonica, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients.
- : Following new legislation in Hykonica, the government is interviewing for thousands of 'Religious Censor' positions.
- : Following new legislation in Hykonica, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking.
- : Following new legislation in Hykonica, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal.
- : Following new legislation in Hykonica, voting is compulsory.
- : Hykonica voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Regarding Artificial Islands".
- : Following new legislation in Hykonica, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region.
- : Following new legislation in Hykonica, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 20 » Primorye Oblast, Pushistia, UPC, PhDre, Le Libertia, Westinor, Pichtonia, Pland Adanna, JayDee II, Europeia, Decacon, Lime82, King HEM, Orca and Narwhal, Steium, Segenipe, Aleutria, Kasdados, Greater Agnolia, and Empire of Caldrasa.