Spotlight on:
The Republic of WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY |
“Family, Love, Loyalty...That's Power.”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Outlawed |
Economy: Basket Case |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Location: Artificial Solar System |
Regional Influence: Nipper |
The Republic of WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 12.862 billion WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNYians 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 large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 46.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The large but stagnant WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNYian economy, worth 167 trillion deniers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 13,038 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY is ranked 63,730th in the world and 378th in Artificial Solar System for Most Corrupt Governments, with 28.66 kickbacks per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY applied to join the World Assembly.
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY's influence in Artificial Solar System rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY applied to join the World Assembly.
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY's influence in Artificial Solar System rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY's influence in Artificial Solar System rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY's influence in Artificial Solar System rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY relocated from Osiris to Artificial Solar System.
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY applied to join the World Assembly.
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY was refounded in Osiris.
- : WHILE THINKING ABOUT FOOD VINNY ceased to exist in Balder.