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The Empire of Messenger Pigeons |
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Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: Forest |
Regional Influence: Minnow |
The Empire of Messenger Pigeons is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, ban on automobiles, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.342 billion Messenger Pigeonsians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Cozy Nest. The average income tax rate is 79.5%.
The frighteningly efficient Messenger Pigeonsian economy, worth 600 trillion Millets a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 138,373 Millets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.
Street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner, strange men lingering in offices distributing television sets is a basis for a system of government, it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt, and mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Messenger Pigeons's national animal is the Pigeon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.
Messenger Pigeons is ranked 153,780th in the world and 230th in Forest for Most Stationary, with 148.21603014168 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Messenger Pigeons was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
- : Following new legislation in Messenger Pigeons, mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found.
- : Following new legislation in Messenger Pigeons, it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt.
- : Following new legislation in Messenger Pigeons, strange men lingering in offices distributing television sets is a basis for a system of government.
- : Following new legislation in Messenger Pigeons, street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner.
- : Following new legislation in Messenger Pigeons, sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside.
- : Following new legislation in Messenger Pigeons, the poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills.
- : Following new legislation in Messenger Pigeons, the government believes there is no problem that raising taxes won't fix.
- : Following new legislation in Messenger Pigeons, sushi is sold on the black market.
- : Following new legislation in Messenger Pigeons, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history.