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The Eternal Misfortune of Pencil Sharpeners |
“Stop Reading My Motto!”
Category: Anarchy | ||
Civil Rights: Frightening |
Economy: Imploded |
Political Freedoms: Corrupted |
Location: Nudist Dreamland |
Regional Influence: Truckler |
The Eternal Misfortune of Pencil Sharpeners is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, ritual sacrifices, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 21.212 billion Pencil Sharpeners live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.
There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals is solely concerned with Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pencilpolis. Income tax is unheard of.
The imploded Pencil Sharpener economy, worth 118 billion Pencil Shavings a year, defies classification, with the entire state effectively one black market. Average income is 5 Pencil Shavings, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 37 per year while the poor average 0.3, a ratio of 125 to 1.
The nation is so apathetic that Pencil Sharpeners can barely find the energy to bring new issues to the government, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, voting is voluntary, and blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Pencil Sharpeners's national animal is the Pencil, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Pencil Sharpeners is ranked 16,516th in the world and 20th in Nudist Dreamland for Most Influential, scoring 3,384 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Pencil Sharpeners, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued.
- : Following new legislation in Pencil Sharpeners, voting is voluntary.
- : Following new legislation in Pencil Sharpeners, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars.
- : Following new legislation in Pencil Sharpeners, the nation is so apathetic that Pencil Sharpeners can barely find the energy to bring new issues to the government.
- : Following new legislation in Pencil Sharpeners, gun shops sell hook hands and eye patches.
- : Pencil Sharpeners lodged a message on the Nudist Dreamland Regional Message Board.
- : Pencil Sharpeners was struck by a Mk I (Immunizer) Cure Missile from The Republic of Samurah, curing 1 million infected.
- : Pencil Sharpeners was struck by a Mk I (Immunizer) Cure Missile from The Republic of Samurah, curing 1 million infected.
- : Pencil Sharpeners was struck by a Mk I (Immunizer) Cure Missile from The Republic of Samurah, curing 1 million infected.
- : Pencil Sharpeners was struck by a Mk I (Immunizer) Cure Missile from The Republic of Samurah, curing 1 million infected.