Spotlight on:
The Democratic Republic of Silver-Tree |
“A rose smells sweetest when it's growing in manure”
Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
Civil Rights: Good |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: The Conservative Democracies |
Regional Influence: Superpower |
The Democratic Republic of Silver-Tree is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Ruers with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, complete lack of prisons, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 10.014 billion Silvanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tossa Delmar. The average income tax rate is 4.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Silvanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,678 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 267,525 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.
The central government is trying to keep things flowing, the Silvanian Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, the government is deliberately installing bloatware onto computers, and drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silver-Tree's national animal is the Red Squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Farting.
Silver-Tree is ranked 260,364th in the world and 4th in The Conservative Democracies for Most Extreme, scoring 8.81 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Silver-Tree, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government.
- : Following new legislation in Silver-Tree, the government is deliberately installing bloatware onto computers.
- : Following new legislation in Silver-Tree, the Silvanian Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances.
- : Following new legislation in Silver-Tree, the central government is trying to keep things flowing.
- : Silver-Tree was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.
- : Following new legislation in Silver-Tree, Ruers has declared a weed sticking through a crack in the sidewalk to be the nation's newest green space.
- : Following new legislation in Silver-Tree, no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed.
- : Following new legislation in Silver-Tree, baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward.
- : Following new legislation in Silver-Tree, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway.
- : Following new legislation in Silver-Tree, Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 1 » The Crossland.