Spotlight on:
The Militarised Empire of Old Blackwood |
“Closer to heaven”
Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
Civil Rights: Average |
Economy: All-Consuming |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: the Rejected Realms |
Regional Influence: Page |
The Militarised Empire of Old Blackwood is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Commander-in-Chief Miles Faraday with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 14.849 billion Old Blackwoodians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ironwood. The average income tax rate is 82.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The all-consuming Old Blackwoodian economy, worth a remarkable 1,406 trillion Foxens a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,751 Foxens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Home renovation shows are increasingly popular, funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, nuclear submarines have been deployed to protect the nation's banana supply, and military chiefs are predicting extra funding in this year's budget. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old Blackwood's national animal is the Finch, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
Old Blackwood is ranked 3,766th in the world and 108th in the Rejected Realms for Most Secular, with 98.78 Atheism Rate.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Old Blackwood was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead.
- : The Grand Duchy of Courage Caverns was cleansed by a Level 1 Strike Force Tactical Zombie Elimination Squad from Old Blackwood, killing 7 million zombies.
- : The Grand Duchy of Courage Caverns was cleansed by a Level 1 Strike Force Tactical Zombie Elimination Squad from Old Blackwood, killing 7 million zombies.
- : Old Blackwood was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Zombies and Most Zombified.
- : Old Blackwood endorsed The Grand Duchy of Courage Caverns.
- : Old Blackwood was endorsed by The Grand Duchy of Courage Caverns.
- : Old Blackwood endorsed The Rogue Nation of Alymurh.
- : Old Blackwood was endorsed by The Rogue Nation of Alymurh.
- : Old Blackwood was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
- : Old Blackwood endorsed The Zagaswe'idiwin of The Daeldo Empire.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 24 » New Anarchisticstan, Saavir Yuvon, Chocolatistan, Arinteriswith, Falangist Quebec, Lux Prima, TorNaGul, Andromeda Islands, Nadarena, Rathesia, Angbhand, Moloto Japan, Of the drug addicts, Sealand newam, Llanfyrhall, Inclement Space, Orcuo, Mad Jack Is Rejected, Toerana, Regione Calabria, United Calanworie, The Daeldo Empire, Alymurh, and Courage Caverns.