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The Depraved Desolation of Zombie 16 |
“I Ate My Own Brains!”
Category: Democratic Socialists | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Some |
Location: NationStates |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Depraved Desolation of Zombie 16 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Behr Crusher with an even hand, and renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 10.728 billion Zombie 16ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brainsburgville. The average income tax rate is 77.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Zombie 16ian economy, worth a remarkable 3,536 trillion pounds 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, 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 an amazing 329,660 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.
Power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes, citizens must inform the government each time they have a haircut, and newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zombie 16's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Intellectual Empathy.
Zombie 16 is ranked 20,147th in the world and 232nd in NationStates for Most Stationary, with 1,614.24109882948 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Zombie 16, newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words'.
- : Following new legislation in Zombie 16, citizens must inform the government each time they have a haircut.
- : Following new legislation in Zombie 16, exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes.
- : Following new legislation in Zombie 16, power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun.
- : Following new legislation in Zombie 16, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security.
- : Following new legislation in Zombie 16, internet moderators work overtime to remove memes comparing Behr Crusher to cartoon bears.
- : Following new legislation in Zombie 16, a murderous reputation can revitalise a flagging celebrity career.
- : Following new legislation in Zombie 16, the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption.
- : Following new legislation in Zombie 16, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere.
- : Zombie 16 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.