Spotlight on:
The Russian Spinoff of Norkeand |
“Radical, Dude”
Category: Corrupt Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Strong |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: the West Pacific |
Regional Influence: Nipper |
The Russian Spinoff of Norkeand is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Dru Norkdude III with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.8 billion Norkish 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nerp. The average income tax rate is 69.4%.
The strong Norken economy, worth 350 trillion Norkeps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 72,972 Norkeps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.
Ersatz chicken has left the nation's citizens with a bad taste in their mouths, government-funded marriage counseling is showing very limited success, pizzerias must now display shrines to the Pizza God, and when people ask what the difference is between politicians and lawyers they are referred to document c15(iv) section 14.1 subsection 3.2 of the Jan 2015 political category definition guidance codes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norkeand's national animal is the Norken Whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Norkslam.
Norkeand is ranked 279,801st in the world and 3,517th in the West Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -11.14 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Norkeand was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Beautiful Environments, Highest Foreign Aid Spending, and Most Advanced Public Education and the Top 5% for Most World Assembly Endorsements and Highest Economic Output.
- : Norkeand was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Popular Tourist Destinations.
- : Following new legislation in Norkeand, when people ask what the difference is between politicians and lawyers they are referred to document c15(iv) section 14.1 subsection 3.2 of the Jan 2015 political category definition guidance codes.
- : Following new legislation in Norkeand, pizzerias must now display shrines to the Pizza God.
- : Following new legislation in Norkeand, government-funded marriage counseling is showing very limited success.
- : Following new legislation in Norkeand, ersatz chicken has left the nation's citizens with a bad taste in their mouths.
- : Norkeand was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Corrupt Dictatorship".
- : Following new legislation in Norkeand, all the world's a stage for Norken political theatrics.
- : Norkeand's influence in The West Pacific rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Norkeand's influence in The West Pacific rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".