Spotlight on:
The Taiga Folk of Northern Wood |
“Melodies like footprints found in snow”
Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Very Good |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Excessive |
Location: Forest |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Taiga Folk of Northern Wood is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Khagan of the Hunt with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 11.769 billion Taiga Folks love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Radagast's Rest. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Taiga Folk economy, worth a remarkable 4,235 trillion amber thorns a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 359,898 amber thorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, and the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause. Crime is totally unknown. Northern Wood's national animal is the Northern Moss Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Eldersong.
Northern Wood is ranked 13,314th in the world and 43rd in Forest for Most Stationary, with 1,909.13352120932 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, the government is avowedly secular.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, religious households enthusiastically use whips in private.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, almost every singles' party has a clergy and courtesans theme.