Spotlight on:
The Province of Nexus Island |
“Shine Forth Antexium”
Category: Corrupt Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Basket Case |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Location: Declansburg |
Regional Influence: Minnow |
The Province of Nexus Island is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 721 million Vobronians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but stagnant Nexus Islandian economy, worth 7.03 trillion Vobronian Marks 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 Book Publishing, Tourism, Basket Weaving, 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 9,748 Vobronian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
There's sophisticated talk of revolution within the ever-expanding mining colonies, bad punctuation has come to a full stop, builders across Nexus Island are blocked up with orders for new public loos, and the endangered saltwater humpback Vobronian Orca is only seen in captivity programs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nexus Island's national animal is the Vobronian Orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.
Nexus Island is ranked 198,763rd in the world and 152nd in Declansburg for Smartest Citizens, with 25.52 quips per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Nexus Island's influence in Declansburg rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
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Nexus Island's influence in Declansburg rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
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Nexus Island's influence in Declansburg rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
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Nexus Island was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
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Nexus Island created a custom banner.
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Nexus Island's influence in Declansburg rose from "Zero" to "Hatchling".
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Nexus Island relocated from Lazarus to Declansburg.
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Nexus Island changed its national animal to "Vobronian Orca", its motto to "Shine Forth Antexium", and its nation type to "Province".
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Nexus Island revoked its national capital.
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Nexus Island, the endangered saltwater humpback Vobronian Orca is only seen in captivity programs.