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The Couch-dwelling Doldrums of Torpidity |
“I'm lazy, go discipline yourself”
Category: Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Average |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Excellent |
Location: Bree |
Regional Influence: Dealmaker |
The Couch-dwelling Doldrums of Torpidity is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by The Dude with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, digital currency, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 31.653 billion Torpitians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Defense receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Slum. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.
The frighteningly efficient Torpid economy, worth an astonishing 32,520 trillion mighty beans 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. 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 a breathtaking 1,027,405 mighty beans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Glamping Torpitians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, large sections of Torpidity have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, and literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Torpidity's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Apatheism.
Torpidity is ranked 73,525th in the world and 3rd in Bree for Most Influential, scoring 896 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts.
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life.
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, large sections of Torpidity have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there.
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, glamping Torpitians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi.
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, armed security details escort librarians to their homes.
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, arbitrary election rules are considered sacrosanct.
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters.
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, royalist is the most offensive slur in the Torpid language.
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway.
- : Following new legislation in Torpidity, parties that are too noisy are broken up to prevent disturbing wildlife.