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The Democratic States of Portelas |
“Sacrifício ao território.”
Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Very Good |
Economy: Good |
Political Freedoms: Excellent |
Location: the South Pacific |
Regional Influence: Nipper |
The Democratic States of Portelas is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 214 million Portelasians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 26.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Portelasian economy, worth 8.46 trillion ptls a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,519 ptls, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Police regularly arrest families playing Monopoly, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, and only adults may purchase violent video games. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Portelas's national animal is the owl, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.
Portelas is ranked 257,633rd in the world and 4,806th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -38.73 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Most Serene Republic of Dante-topia.
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Allied States of The Lombard League.
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Allied States of Janoi Donacen.
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Shadowy Empress of Farengeto.
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Exiled Hivemind Colony of BEEstreetz.
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Matriarchy of Hacrela.
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Dominion of Albend.
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Empire of Legion Of The Moon.
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Federal Republic of Great Lothian.
- : Portelas was endorsed by The Grand Duchy of HawkoFon.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 43 » Volaworand, Land Without Shrimp, Great Scapula, Ebonhand, Wehraboos, Tepertopia, Aidenfieeld, Amerion, Hong Kong Kowloon and New Territories, 7 Trees, Bawkie, Nowa Europa, Arscanesia, Eleuthelrium, Differences-In-Differences, Curlyhoward, Greater Fennovia, Chernaya Zvezda, Bohenia, Eastern Juble Lux, Belschaft, Meglomania, Grace Wellesley Thayer, Lilli Lands, ANuadh, Anarco Argentina, Genoxelande, America Gone Wrong, Corthsri, Ever Testing, Goldnation, Sporaltryus, Springwalla, HawkoFon, Great Lothian, Legion Of The Moon, Albend, Hacrela, BEEstreetz, Farengeto, Janoi Donacen, The Lombard League, and Dante-topia.