Spotlight on:
The Shogunate of New Suternia |
“Me First, the People Second”
Category: New York Times Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Very Good |
Economy: Strong |
Political Freedoms: Superb |
Location: Senate of the NWA |
Regional Influence: Envoy |
The Shogunate of New Suternia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Fumi with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, avowedly heterosexual populace, and frequent executions. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 11.234 billion New Suternians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sutelinia. The average income tax rate is 38.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The strong New Suternian economy, worth 391 trillion Suters a year, is quite specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,821 Suters, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, a popular New Suternian saying is 'wishing upon a fallen jet engine', farm turkeys are given high doses of antidepressants to take their minds off the holiday season, and multilingual concierges man empty inner city apartment blocks. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. New Suternia's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.
New Suternia is ranked 47,272nd in the world and 2nd in Senate of the NWA for Most Cultured, scoring 72 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : The Oppressed Peoples of Rudak31 dismissed New Suternia as Legislative Aide of Senate of the NWA.
- : New Suternia's influence in Senate of the NWA rose from "Duckspeaker" to "Envoy".
- : New Suternia's influence in Senate of the NWA rose from "Handshaker" to "Duckspeaker".
- : The Ethos of Egalitarian appointed New Suternia as Legislative Aide with authority over Appearance and Communications in Senate of the NWA.
- : New Suternia's influence in Senate of the NWA rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
- : New Suternia's influence in Senate of the NWA fell from "Handshaker" to "Truckler".
- : New Suternia's influence in Senate of the NWA rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
- : The Underground Revolution of Operation Mindcrime dismissed New Suternia as Legislative Aide of Senate of the NWA.
- : New Suternia's influence in Senate of the NWA rose from "Vassal" to "Truckler".
- : New Suternia's influence in Senate of the NWA rose from "Apprentice" to "Vassal".