Spotlight on:
The Colony of Iridae |
“For the good of life and liberty”
Category: Scandinavian Liberal Paradise | ||
Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Average |
Location: The East Pacific |
Regional Influence: Newcomer |
The Colony of Iridae is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by High Mistress Sappharina with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 31.658 billion Iridaeans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
The large government is primarily concerned with Education, although Healthcare, Environment, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Iridae City. The average income tax rate is 79.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Iridaean economy, worth a remarkable 4,592 trillion Opals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 145,056 Opals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
A government program is underway to revitalize Iridae's beaches, new funding allows inner city teachers to replace school laptops almost as fast as they get stolen, politicians no longer click with dating app matches, and Thomas the Spank Engine is the most popular and controversial children's show in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Iridae's national animal is the Lionfish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Seekers of the Sapphire Goddess.
Iridae is ranked 3,948th in the world and 90th in The East Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 144.04 quips per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Iridae, Thomas the Spank Engine is the most popular and controversial children's show in the nation.
- : Following new legislation in
Iridae, politicians no longer click with dating app matches.
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Iridae was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Black Market.
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Iridae was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
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Iridae was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pacifist.
- : Following new legislation in
Iridae, new funding allows inner city teachers to replace school laptops almost as fast as they get stolen.
- : Following new legislation in
Iridae, a government program is underway to revitalize Iridae's beaches.
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Iridae, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards.
- : Following new legislation in
Iridae, prisoners have been known to host cooking and home décor television shows.
- : Following new legislation in
Iridae, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation.