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The Best Girl of Neo278 |
“God, Homeland, Liberty”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Powerhouse |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Alliance of Supreme Powers |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Best Girl of Neo278 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.975 billion Neo278ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 40.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The powerhouse Neo278ian economy, worth 497 trillion baht 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 large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 83,215 baht, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Mysterious black helicopters menace farmers to ensure compliance with straitjacketing agricultural policies, political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne, Leader's perky ego is the talk of the town, and bike rage is all the rage. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neo278's national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.
Neo278 is ranked 160,386th in the world and 1,573rd in Alliance of Supreme Powers for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.11 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, bike rage is all the rage.
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, Leader's perky ego is the talk of the town.
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne.
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, mysterious black helicopters menace farmers to ensure compliance with straitjacketing agricultural policies.
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories".
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, schoolchildren learn basic numeracy by counting off their push-ups.
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets.
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, third world countries are rich in "I Love Neo278 City" t-shirts.
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace'.
- : Following new legislation in Neo278, prisoners work-share to cut down rising costs of keeping them in jail.