Spotlight on:
The Armed Republic of The 32 Counties |
“Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom”
Category: Left-wing Utopia | ||
Civil Rights: Superb |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Superb |
Location: The Internationale |
Regional Influence: Squire |
The Armed Republic of The 32 Counties is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Tiberius Septim with a fair hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 16.181 billion 32 Countiesians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
The large, liberal, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Welfare, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Pale. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient 32 Countiesian economy, worth a remarkable 5,051 trillion Punts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 312,208 Punts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, fraternities are notorious for drunken hooliganism, workers tend to schedule naps during all-hands meetings, and protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations. Crime is totally unknown. The 32 Counties's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Cult of the Supreme Being.
The 32 Counties is ranked 1,206th in the world and 3rd in The Internationale for Most Cultured, scoring 346 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in The 32 Counties, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations.
- : The 32 Counties was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments and the Top 5% for Best Weather.
- : Following new legislation in The 32 Counties, workers tend to schedule naps during all-hands meetings.
- : Following new legislation in The 32 Counties, fraternities are notorious for drunken hooliganism.
- : Following new legislation in The 32 Counties, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming.
- : Following new legislation in The 32 Counties, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop.
- : Following new legislation in The 32 Counties, pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy.
- : Following new legislation in The 32 Counties, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions.
- : Following new legislation in The 32 Counties, vitriolic divorce proceedings have become prime-time television.
- : Following new legislation in The 32 Counties, in court almost every witness is a hostile witness.