Spotlight on:
The Principality of Turtle District |
“The tides goes slow and steady and so will we”
Category: Moralistic Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Thriving |
Political Freedoms: Good |
Location: Seven To Many |
Regional Influence: Contender |
The Principality of Turtle District is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Sage with an even hand, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, rampant corporate plagiarism, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 14.398 billion Turtle Districtians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Environment, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Turtle Districtian City. The average income tax rate is 58.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The thriving Turtle Districtian economy, worth 670 trillion shells 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, highly specialized black market in Book Publishing, Retail, and Basket Weaving. 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 46,539 shells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.
A recent "genocide prevention" campaign includes murdering children based on their DNA, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, almost half of the child population live rough on the streets, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Turtle District's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Prophecy.
Turtle District is ranked 37,717th in the world and 18th in Seven To Many for Most Stationary, with 1,210.20035047128 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Turtle District was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
- : Turtle District was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
- : Turtle District was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
- : Following new legislation in Turtle District, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys.
- : Following new legislation in Turtle District, almost half of the child population live rough on the streets.
- : Following new legislation in Turtle District, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage.
- : Following new legislation in Turtle District, a recent "genocide prevention" campaign includes murdering children based on their DNA.
- : Following new legislation in Turtle District, janitors and factory workers are often better educated than the bosses they work for.
- : Turtle District was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Populations.
- : Turtle District was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather.