Spotlight on:
The Allied States of Ump459 |
“The best lack all conviction”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: Osiris |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Allied States of Ump459 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, free-roaming dinosaurs, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.685 billion Ump459ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.7%.
The frighteningly efficient Ump459ian economy, worth 890 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 190,144 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.
Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished, foreign governments are threatened if they so much as mention the word "election", children are terrified that the 'flying police monster' will come to take them away in the night, and a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ump459's national animal is the Giraffe, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.
Ump459 is ranked 21,585th in the world and 1,401st in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.44 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted.
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, children are terrified that the 'flying police monster' will come to take them away in the night.
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, foreign governments are threatened if they so much as mention the word "election".
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished.
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem.
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons.
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, nobody likes bad boys any more.
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history.
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead.
- : Following new legislation in Ump459, party leaders rely on horoscopes to create "ticket balance".