Spotlight on:
The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania |
“Liberty”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: Osiris |
Regional Influence: Newcomer |
The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by King Sigismund II Augustus with an iron fist, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, disturbing lack of elderly people, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 14.896 billion Poland-Lithuanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krakow. The average income tax rate is 68.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Poland-Lithuanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,358 trillion Golds 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 a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Tourism. 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 91,230 Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts, and building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Poland-Lithuania's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Catholicism.
Poland-Lithuania is ranked 234,846th in the world and 7,140th in Osiris for Most Stationary, with 23.13249908408 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Poland-Lithuania's influence in Osiris rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Poland-Lithuania was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : Poland-Lithuania's influence in Osiris rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Poland-Lithuania's influence in Osiris rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Poland-Lithuania was refounded in Osiris.
- : Poland-Lithuania ceased to exist in Philosophers.
- : Poland-Lithuania was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : Poland-Lithuania was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
- : Following new legislation in Poland-Lithuania, building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure.
- : Following new legislation in Poland-Lithuania, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts.