Spotlight on:
The Queendom of Raspberry Estonia |
“Elagu Eesti!”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Reasonable |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: The order of magnissia |
Regional Influence: Dealmaker |
The Queendom of Raspberry Estonia is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, irreverence towards religion, and hatred of cheese. The cynical population of 971 million Estonians 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 minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 6.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but inefficient Estonian economy, worth 37.4 trillion Rasps 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 38,474 Rasps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
A niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, some are born loving old plays and some have old plays thrust upon them, when shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet, and the military has grudgingly released all top secret information in an effort for greater transparency. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Raspberry Estonia's national animal is the White-Fronted Goose, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.
Raspberry Estonia is ranked 33,825th in the world and 1st in The order of magnissia for Most Pacifist, with 110.74 cheeks turned per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Raspberry Estonia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pacifist.
- : Following new legislation in Raspberry Estonia, the military has grudgingly released all top secret information in an effort for greater transparency.
- : Following new legislation in Raspberry Estonia, when shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet.
- : Following new legislation in Raspberry Estonia, some are born loving old plays and some have old plays thrust upon them.
- : Following new legislation in Raspberry Estonia, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up.
- : Following new legislation in Raspberry Estonia, money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution.
- : Following new legislation in Raspberry Estonia, many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations.
- : Following new legislation in Raspberry Estonia, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods.
- : Following new legislation in Raspberry Estonia, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen.
- : Following new legislation in Raspberry Estonia, news editors who eschew the state-approved superlatives for describing Leader tend to disappear.