Spotlight on:
The Republic of LombardiaLibera |
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Category: Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Excellent |
Location: the Rejected Realms |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Republic of LombardiaLibera is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.896 billion LombardiaLiberans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 41.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient LombardiaLiberan economy, worth a remarkable 1,818 trillion dankes 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 amazing 230,254 dankes , and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The best doughnut stores have been taken over by foreign police officers, harassed women are constantly hassled by guys who are "just giving them compliments", Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. LombardiaLibera's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
LombardiaLibera is ranked 261,162nd in the world and 6,794th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 45.22 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in LombardiaLibera, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting.
- : Following new legislation in LombardiaLibera, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity.
- : Following new legislation in LombardiaLibera, harassed women are constantly hassled by guys who are "just giving them compliments".
- : Following new legislation in LombardiaLibera, the best doughnut stores have been taken over by foreign police officers.
- : Following new legislation in LombardiaLibera, gigantic new prisons are springing up all over the nation.
- : Following new legislation in LombardiaLibera, the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks.
- : Following new legislation in LombardiaLibera, eight-year-olds with lemonade stands have been known to be locked up on charges of embezzlement.
- : Following new legislation in LombardiaLibera, flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug.
- : LombardiaLibera was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes and the Top 10% for Largest Black Market and Highest Crime Rates.
- : Following new legislation in LombardiaLibera, the government's economic policy is "sort it yourself".