Spotlight on:
The Incorporated States of NSC184 |
“Fix TCALS”
Category: Moralistic Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Below Average |
Location: Two |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Incorporated States of NSC184 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 6.016 billion NSC184ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 81.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient NSC184ian economy, worth 922 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 153,301 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.
Matryoshka dolls resembling nested Death Stars are commonly sold, doctors will keep brain-dead coma patients ventilated for years in order to avoid accusations of allowing people to die, teachers are routinely tested to keep their jobs, and unemployment is through the roof after the government enacted living wage laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC184's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
NSC184 is ranked 19,859th in the world and 1,819th in Two for Most Corrupt Governments, with 101.04 kickbacks per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : NSC184 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes, Highest Average Incomes, and Largest Black Market.
- : Following new legislation in NSC184, unemployment is through the roof after the government enacted living wage laws.
- : Following new legislation in NSC184, teachers are routinely tested to keep their jobs.
- : Following new legislation in NSC184, doctors will keep brain-dead coma patients ventilated for years in order to avoid accusations of allowing people to die.
- : Following new legislation in NSC184, matryoshka dolls resembling nested Death Stars are commonly sold.
- : Following new legislation in NSC184, the average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work.
- : Following new legislation in NSC184, companies have begun running campaigns to stop people from remembering their brand name.
- : Following new legislation in NSC184, a recent "genocide prevention" campaign includes murdering children based on their DNA.
- : Following new legislation in NSC184, economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year.
- : Following new legislation in NSC184, directors of low-budget sci-fi films are flocking to use NSC184 City as a backdrop.