Spotlight on:
The Republican State of West End |
“Our Leader will find Weakness in our Government”
Category: Right-wing Utopia | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Some |
Location: The North Pacific |
Regional Influence: Unproven |
The Republican State of West End is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Speaker of the State with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, vat-grown people, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 9.755 billion Westishes are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.
The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lakewood. The average income tax rate is 80.8%.
The frighteningly efficient West Endian economy, worth a remarkable 1,342 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 137,588 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.
Garbage bags floating down the river are churned up by man-made rapids, men in trenchcoats spend all day staring at people making babies, some voters are required to show a minimum of four forms of identification, and prison visits increase substantially during election years. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West End's national animal is the Cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.
West End is ranked 342,155th in the world and 5,945th in The North Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 0.71 quips per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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West End, prison visits increase substantially during election years.
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West End, some voters are required to show a minimum of four forms of identification.
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West End, men in trenchcoats spend all day staring at people making babies.
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West End, garbage bags floating down the river are churned up by man-made rapids.
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West End, airship use has soared while property values beneath their routes have plummeted.
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West End was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
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West End was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector.
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West End's influence in The North Pacific rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
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West End, crossbow bolts fill the skies if so much as a sparrow flies overhead.
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West End, Speaker of the State has declared a weed sticking through a crack in the sidewalk to be the nation's newest green space.