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The State of Makemake Prime

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The State of Makemake Prime is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 16.312 billion Makemake Primeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Public Transport, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 79.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Makemake Primean economy, worth 187 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, extremely specialized black market in Basket Weaving 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. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 11,507 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A dictator has seized power and outlawed elections, political activists are routinely executed, cars are banned, and Makemake Prime has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Makemake Prime's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Makemake Prime is ranked 148,394^th in the world and 94^th in Ancient Lands for Most Patriotic, with 8.57 flags saluted per person per day.

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