Spotlight on:
The Shanties and Slums of The Kuboda District |
“Crowded. Close. Almost claustrophobic.”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Outlawed |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Location: Bestest Region |
Regional Influence: Superpower |
The Shanties and Slums of The Kuboda District is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its teetotalling pirates, strictly enforced bedtime, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.996 billion Kihagians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — prioritizes Administration, with Industry, Law & Order, and Defense also on the agenda, while Welfare receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Onyx Pavillion. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Kihagian economy, worth 688 trillion Silvers a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Retail 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. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 86,109 Silvers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.
Brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods, the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market, "The Daily Sacrifice" is a routine segment of morning news shows, and it is still not known if the commander in chief outranks the supreme commander. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Kuboda District's national animal is the Elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kihagian Orthodoxy.
The Kuboda District is ranked 111,890th in the world and 2nd in Bestest Region for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.48 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : The Kuboda District was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
- : The Kuboda District was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
- : The Kuboda District was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Armed.
- : The Kuboda District's influence in Bestest Region fell from "Dominator" to "Superpower".
- : The Kuboda District was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Armed.
- : The Kuboda District was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Primitive.
- : The Kuboda District's influence in Bestest Region rose from "Superpower" to "Dominator".
- : The Kuboda District was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
- : The Kuboda District was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in The Kuboda District, it is still not known if the commander in chief outranks the supreme commander.