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The Democratic State of Sander and Dim Sum |
“Peace, Justice, Industry!”
| Category: Moralistic Democracy | ||
| Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Very Good |
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Location: Europeia |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Democratic State of Sander and Dim Sum is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, prohibition of alcohol, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 8.208 billion Sumishes are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Denver Springs. The average income tax rate is 79.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Sander and Dim Sumian economy, worth a remarkable 1,057 trillion Pounds 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, fairly diversified black market in Retail, Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 an impressive 128,843 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.
The legal profession considers itself above the law, the national colors help to make everyone look slimmer, 90% of active duty SADSAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones, and school football matches are usually five-a-side. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sander and Dim Sum's national animal is the Pig, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodox.
Sander and Dim Sum is ranked 217,227th in the world and 892nd in Europeia for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 26,026.37 Standard Monetary Units.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Sander and Dim Sum, school football matches are usually five-a-side.
- : Following new legislation in Sander and Dim Sum, 90% of active duty SADSAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones.
- : Following new legislation in Sander and Dim Sum, the national colors help to make everyone look slimmer.
- : Following new legislation in Sander and Dim Sum, the legal profession considers itself above the law.
- : Sander and Dim Sum was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Primitive and Largest Black Market and the Top 10% for Highest Economic Output and Highest Poor Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Sander and Dim Sum, in distant lands the nation is known as a lovely place that was even better in the good old days.
- : Following new legislation in Sander and Dim Sum, molehills are the only mountains deemed safe enough for the public.
- : Sander and Dim Sum was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Moralistic Democracy".
- : Following new legislation in Sander and Dim Sum, the "blue screen of death" forces many trials to be either aborted or restarted.
- : Following new legislation in Sander and Dim Sum, decreased demand for toilets is saving the prison service a lot of money.
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