Spotlight on:
The Hellish Reality of Schlueter |
“Plan for the worst, hope for the best.”
Category: Capitalizt | ||
Civil Rights: Superb |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Excellent |
Location: Lazarus |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Hellish Reality of Schlueter is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Jason with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, unlimited-speed roads, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 35.995 billion Schleens enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.
There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, pro-business individuals is primarily concerned with Law & Order, although Industry, Public Transport, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Welfare and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tucson. Income tax is unheard of.
The frighteningly efficient Schleen economy, worth an astonishing 10,566 trillion buttons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 293,562 buttons, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,701,850 per year while the poor average 24,049, a ratio of 70.8 to 1.
Tucson has restaurants serving every meat from aardvark to zebra, mall countdown clocks warn that there are only 364 more shopping days until Maxxmas, the dartboard at the Schleen Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Jason's face, and the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Schlueter's national animal is the Gila Monster, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Schlueter is ranked 914th in the world and 50th in Lazarus for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 15,449.24 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Schlueter was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Economic Output, Highest Wealthy Incomes, Highest Crime Rates, Highest Disposable Incomes, and Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Following new legislation in Schlueter, the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks.
- : Following new legislation in Schlueter, the dartboard at the Schleen Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Jason's face.
- : Following new legislation in Schlueter, mall countdown clocks warn that there are only 364 more shopping days until Maxxmas.
- : Following new legislation in Schlueter, Tucson has restaurants serving every meat from aardvark to zebra.
- : Following new legislation in Schlueter, Jason is strangely popular with male politicians' wives.
- : Following new legislation in Schlueter, savvy nightclub-goers know that structurally unsound venues sell the cheapest drinks.
- : Following new legislation in Schlueter, military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies.
- : Following new legislation in Schlueter, the monarchy goes down the drain with a royal flush.
- : Following new legislation in Schlueter, multiple births are a cause of celebration for tax collectors.