Spotlight on:
The Concrete Slabian Switcher of The Poker 12 |
“Pokepoke”
Category: Moralistic Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Powerhouse |
Political Freedoms: Some |
Location: Artificial Solar System |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Concrete Slabian Switcher of The Poker 12 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, enslaved workforce, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, devout population of 5.906 billion Poker 12ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.1%.
The powerhouse Poker 12ian economy, worth 663 trillion Pokes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,406 Pokes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 555,664 per year while the poor average 12,924, a ratio of 43.0 to 1.
Increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, schoolchildren are divided over Leader's "Why Tigers are Cooler than Lions" speech, funding for education has been redirected into the military, and students who refuse to pray are expelled from school. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Poker 12's national animal is the Poker, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
The Poker 12 is ranked 161,469th in the world and 3,132nd in Artificial Solar System for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 784.85 on the Societal Mobility Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, students who refuse to pray are expelled from school.
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, funding for education has been redirected into the military.
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, schoolchildren are divided over Leader's "Why Tigers are Cooler than Lions" speech.
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times.
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason.
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence'.
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, the government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens.
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, the studies of art and philosophy are banned.
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists.
- : Following new legislation in The Poker 12, the government seizes all major gold finds.