Spotlight on:
The Fall of Shy-town |
“The Fall”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Stereo Hearts |
Regional Influence: Squire |
The Fall of Shy-town is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.666 billion Shy-townians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Shy-townian economy, worth 754 trillion gorillazzes a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 113,144 gorillazzes, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.
The military claims that their threatening letters are signed with the blood of their enemies, the government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens, the nation has a strict 'no marauding undead' law (Shy-town has found 1 easter egg), and reassembling shredded papers is the highlight of a spy's day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shy-town's national animal is the gorilla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Shy-town is ranked 207,945th in the world and 237th in Stereo Hearts for Most Stationary, with 38.9493847946 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Shy-town was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector and the Top 10% for Most Conservative and Largest Black Market.
- : Following new legislation in Shy-town, reassembling shredded papers is the highlight of a spy's day.
- : Following new legislation in Shy-town, the nation has a strict 'no marauding undead' law (Shy-town has found 1 easter egg).
- : Following new legislation in Shy-town, the government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens.
- : Shy-town was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Insurance Industry.
- : Following new legislation in Shy-town, the military claims that their threatening letters are signed with the blood of their enemies.
- : Following new legislation in Shy-town, children's TV shows are having a gay old time.
- : Following new legislation in Shy-town, government officials frown on anything more technologically advanced than an abacus.
- : Following new legislation in Shy-town, the government has returned all business to private ownership.
- : Shy-town was reclassified from "Psychotic Dictatorship" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".