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The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Sand beetles |
“Lucky Beetles shall rules thy pizza”
| Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists | ||
| Civil Rights: Very Good |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: World Benchmark |
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Location: World of Beetles |
Regional Influence: Apprentice |
The Pizza Loving Lucky Colony of Sand beetles is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Ringa Beetles with a fair hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, compulsory vegetarianism, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.543 billion Beetles love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrasil. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Sandian economy, worth a remarkable 2,020 trillion Golden Yggdrasil Leaves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Pizza Delivery. Average income is an amazing 267,798 Golden Yggdrasil Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Political spontaneity takes a lot of planning, being Ringa Beetles has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination", and old fossils give the tours at the parliamentary museum. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sand beetles's national animal is the Leprechaun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Athyism.
Sand beetles is ranked 275th in the world and 53rd in World of Beetles for Safest, scoring 203.5 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Sand beetles, old fossils give the tours at the parliamentary museum.
- : Following new legislation in Sand beetles, bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination".
- : Following new legislation in Sand beetles, being Ringa Beetles has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs.
- : Following new legislation in Sand beetles, political spontaneity takes a lot of planning.
- : Sand beetles was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Following new legislation in Sand beetles, government officials who do an offal job get smoked.
- : Following new legislation in Sand beetles, the government is avowedly secular.
- : Following new legislation in Sand beetles, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of.
- : Following new legislation in Sand beetles, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent.
- : Following new legislation in Sand beetles, waste is frequently shipped to other countries.
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