Spotlight on:
The Mercenary Band of Talon Compani |
“Talon Compani!!!”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: Shadow Realms |
Regional Influence: Vassal |
The Mercenary Band of Talon Compani is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Commander Jabsco with an iron fist, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.214 billion Talon Companians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Bannister. The average income tax rate is 70.6%.
The frighteningly efficient Talon Companian economy, worth a remarkable 1,199 trillion Caps 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 166,305 Caps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.
Brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods, the studies of art and philosophy are banned, the military has grudgingly released all top secret information in an effort for greater transparency, and mountain rescuers refer to their new gear as the 'watchamacallits' and 'thingymabobs'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talon Compani's national animal is the Wastelander, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Talonism.
Talon Compani is ranked 54,120th in the world and 6th in Shadow Realms for Most Stationary, with 814.7503813372 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Talon Compani was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Avoided, Largest Information Technology Sector, and Most Scientifically Advanced.
- : Following new legislation in Talon Compani, mountain rescuers refer to their new gear as the 'watchamacallits' and 'thingymabobs'.
- : Following new legislation in Talon Compani, the military has grudgingly released all top secret information in an effort for greater transparency.
- : Following new legislation in Talon Compani, the studies of art and philosophy are banned.
- : Following new legislation in Talon Compani, brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods.
- : Following new legislation in Talon Compani, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes.
- : Following new legislation in Talon Compani, the government is a proud sponsor of the National Gaming Association.
- : Following new legislation in Talon Compani, escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails'.
- : Following new legislation in Talon Compani, citizens are constantly disappointed to find their nuisance neighbours are still alive.
- : Following new legislation in Talon Compani, an extra hand on the leg will give a horse-and-a-half of lead in a hundred jiffies on seven furlongs.