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The Concrete Slabian Switcher of The Poker 22 |
“Pokepoke”
Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: All-Consuming |
Political Freedoms: Some |
Location: Artificial Solar System |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Concrete Slabian Switcher of The Poker 22 is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads, punitive income tax rates, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate population of 6.027 billion Poker 22ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 56.6%.
The all-consuming Poker 22ian economy, worth 673 trillion Pokes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 111,698 Pokes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 371,772 per year while the poor average 25,007, a ratio of 14.9 to 1.
Male med students learning female anatomy do so with their eyes tightly closed, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued, nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, and lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Poker 22's national animal is the Poker, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
The Poker 22 is ranked 20,305th in the world and 197th in Artificial Solar System for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 6,683.3 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
The Poker 22, lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences".
- : Following new legislation in
The Poker 22, nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers.
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The Poker 22 was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy".
- : Following new legislation in
The Poker 22, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued.
- : Following new legislation in
The Poker 22, male med students learning female anatomy do so with their eyes tightly closed.
- : Following new legislation in
The Poker 22, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust.
- : Following new legislation in
The Poker 22, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description.
- : Following new legislation in
The Poker 22, access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery.
- : Following new legislation in
The Poker 22, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys.
- : Following new legislation in
The Poker 22, panels from bankrupt rooftop solar companies are used as props for sci-fi B-movies.