Spotlight on:
The Waltz of Neo270 |
“From Many, One”
Category: Moralistic Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Very Good |
Location: Alliance of Supreme Powers |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Waltz of Neo270 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 5.896 billion Neo270ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.1%.
The frighteningly efficient Neo270ian economy, worth 488 trillion rubles 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile 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 82,834 rubles, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 337,902 per year while the poor average 13,462, a ratio of 25.1 to 1.
Beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, and back-alley circumcision clinics are popping up all over the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neo270's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Neo270 is ranked 44,361st in the world and 218th in Alliance of Supreme Powers for Most Stationary, with 995.9153695582 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, back-alley circumcision clinics are popping up all over the nation.
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle.
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall.
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings.
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, lines of trenches demarcate the nation's borders.
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, people who stay late at the office often come home to find their own funeral being planned.
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, Merry Birthday is a popular protest song despite the risk of fines and royalty dues.
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, airplane passengers have been known to stuff pillows in their jackets to get extra arm room.
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies.
- : Following new legislation in Neo270, childish pranks are no laughing matter.