Spotlight on:
The Free Land of FishTo |
“Sticks and stones are our most dangerous weapons”
Category: Corrupt Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Average |
Economy: Good |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
Location: the South Pacific |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Free Land of FishTo is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Billy fish-sticks with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.31 billion FishToans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
The enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Subequatorial nation capital. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The FishToan economy, worth 185 trillion Hougles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 56,176 Hougles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
A rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows, visual acuity is worsening amongst teenagers, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, and signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. FishTo's national animal is the Communist, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Fishism.
FishTo is ranked 71,338th in the world and 1,468th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 107.61 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : FishTo was endorsed by The Most Serene Republic of Dante-topia.
- : FishTo was endorsed by The Allied States of The Lombard League.
- : FishTo was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
- : FishTo was endorsed by The Shadowy Empress of Farengeto.
- : FishTo was endorsed by The United States of Poguelands.
- : FishTo was endorsed by The Allied States of Janoi Donacen.
- : FishTo was endorsed by The Free Land of Springwalla.
- : FishTo was endorsed by The Rogue Nation of Corthsri.
- : FishTo was endorsed by The Empire of Meglomania.
- : FishTo was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Popular Tourist Destinations.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 74 » The Ark of Survival, Ebonhand, Aidenfieeld, Asarana, Grace Wellesley Thayer, Emagination, Nowa Europa, Belschaft, Goldnation, Eleuthelrium, Bawkie, Arscanesia, Empire of Pekoland, Curlyhoward, Blipp, America Gone Wrong, Ever Testing, Land Without Shrimp, Wehraboos, Sporaltryus, Altnavia, Hadrex, Great Lothian, Los Lonley Boys, The Worst army of, Auviantan Outh Islands, ANuadh, East Endia, Chernaya Zvezda, Tsunamy, Differences-In-Differences, Volaworand, Rebel-topia, Tepertopia, Mercian Legions, The Free Falklands, Eastern Doncaster, Marnrio, The Weirdo, Legosia, HawkoFon, Aodhan, PenguinPies, Amerion, Nakayo, Dun Frest, Pepperton, Eastern Juble Lux, Lupusterra, Anarco Argentina, and 24 others.Geneek, Canamerico and Greenland, Genoxelande, Qadiworka, Greater Fennovia, BEEstreetz, Mardunia, Great Scapula, Hacrela, Albend, 7 Trees, Stelmund, Eastern Bahia, Megistos, SharttingToepia, Amerikanisches Imperium, Meglomania, Corthsri, Springwalla, Janoi Donacen, Poguelands, Farengeto, The Lombard League, and Dante-topia.