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The Fallen Empire of Otakus and Weebs |
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Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
Location: The North Pacific |
Regional Influence: Hatchling |
The Fallen Empire of Otakus and Weebs is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Not John with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, infamous sell-swords, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.103 billion Johns are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Piled Bodies of the Innocent. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.5%.
The frighteningly efficient John economy, worth a remarkable 1,107 trillion Copper Pieces 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. 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 an amazing 269,961 Copper Pieces, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 849,236 per year while the poor average 65,662, a ratio of 12.9 to 1.
Politicians look weirdly alike, bereaved families are assigned a new housemate the day after the funeral, debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace, and lottery winners spend most of their money on security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Otakus and Weebs's national animal is the John, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is John.
Otakus and Weebs is ranked 306,055th in the world and 7,058th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring -29 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Otakus and Weebs, lottery winners spend most of their money on security.
- : Following new legislation in Otakus and Weebs, debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace.
- : Following new legislation in Otakus and Weebs, bereaved families are assigned a new housemate the day after the funeral.
- : Otakus and Weebs was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Otakus and Weebs, politicians look weirdly alike.
- : Following new legislation in Otakus and Weebs, the nation is famous for bravely sending wave after wave of its soldiers until the enemy runs out of bullets.
- : Following new legislation in Otakus and Weebs, nuclear warheads are frequently launched into space as a warning to invading meteoroids.
- : Following new legislation in Otakus and Weebs, the military has forsaken terrestrial warfare.
- : Following new legislation in Otakus and Weebs, assault rifles sized for 7-year-olds are a frighteningly popular export.
- : Following new legislation in Otakus and Weebs, the booming slave trade is now government-funded.