Spotlight on:
The Dead and Gone Realm of Volstokn |
“The light of the Volka Star guides the Realm!”
Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Location: The North Pacific |
Regional Influence: Minnow |
The Dead and Gone Realm of Volstokn is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Tsarina Katja Hämäläinen II with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, digital currency, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 14.057 billion Volkish are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The enormous, corrupt government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Volkoniemi. The average income tax rate is 93.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Volkish economy, worth a remarkable 2,505 trillion Markkaa a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 178,242 Markkaa, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.
Weighted heels are added to military boots to ensure diminutive celebrities meet minimum requirements, the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, and vacationing Volkish expect to be treated as royalty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Volstokn's national animal is the Maned Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Elisimism.
Volstokn is ranked 12,098th in the world and 524th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.31 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Volstokn lodged a message on the The North Pacific Regional Message Board.
- : Volstokn changed its national nation type to "Dead and Gone Realm".
- : Volstokn altered its national flag.
- : Volstokn lodged a message on the The North Pacific Regional Message Board.
- : Volstokn was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Black Market.
- : Volstokn was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
- : Volstokn was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Black Market.
- : Volstokn lodged a message on the The North Pacific Regional Message Board.
- : Volstokn was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Populations.
- : Volstokn was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured.