Spotlight on:
The Republic of The Oklahoma City Thunder |
“Basketball”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Balder |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Republic of The Oklahoma City Thunder is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 11.351 billion Oklahoma City Thunderians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of OKC. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.5%.
The frighteningly efficient Oklahoma City Thunderian economy, worth a remarkable 1,606 trillion lire 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 a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 141,499 lire, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 482,975 per year while the poor average 30,505, a ratio of 15.8 to 1.
Power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, childhood friends of Leader are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, and government popup ads are springing up like weeds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Oklahoma City Thunder's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Basketball.
The Oklahoma City Thunder is ranked 20,227th in the world and 200th in Balder for Most Stationary, with 1,612.77819004352 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
- : The Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.