Spotlight on:
The Nice of Urial69 |
“Nice”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: Lazarus |
Regional Influence: Sprat |
The Nice of Urial69 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Nice with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.367 billion Nice are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nice. The average income tax rate is 38.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Nice economy, worth a remarkable 1,392 trillion Nices a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 189,008 Nices, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.
The military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings", public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, thrift shops are closing their doors, and all government communication requires the imprimatur of the Truth Police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urial69's national animal is the Nice, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Nice.
Urial69 is ranked 17,354th in the world and 1,266th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.95 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Urial69 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Urial69, all government communication requires the imprimatur of the Truth Police.
- : Following new legislation in Urial69, thrift shops are closing their doors.
- : Following new legislation in Urial69, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers.
- : Following new legislation in Urial69, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings".
- : Following new legislation in Urial69, Urial69 has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories.
- : Urial69 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Urial69, shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals.
- : Following new legislation in Urial69, a new guerrilla marketing campaign for tap water involves government agents spraying random citizens with hose water.
- : Following new legislation in Urial69, corporations cut costs by taking away safety-features on their products.