Spotlight on:
The Jingoistic States of Ump130 |
“Things fall apart”
Category: Moralistic Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Some |
Location: Balder |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Jingoistic States of Ump130 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, public floggings, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 4.806 billion Ump130ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 89.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Ump130ian economy, worth 861 trillion Euros a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 179,154 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.
Appendix transplant figures have recently doubled, orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step, giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ump130's national animal is the Black Widow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Ump130 is ranked 7,811th in the world and 420th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 106.06 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public.
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls.
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step.
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, appendix transplant figures have recently doubled.
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, citizens must pay to enjoy Ump130's pristine beaches.
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays.
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, politicians constantly ring their voters to remind them how good a job they're doing.
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park.
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors.
- : Following new legislation in Ump130, citizens are prohibited from raising their voice above thirty decibels in commercial districts.