Spotlight on:
The Principality of Tapion |
“I keep on hoping, we'll eat cake by the ocean”
Category: New York Times Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Good |
Economy: Strong |
Political Freedoms: Superb |
Location: Ukraine |
Regional Influence: Truckler |
The Principality of Tapion is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Rivaldi Milosha Zekromsky with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.078 billion Tapiocas enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pearl Milk Ikspiari. The average income tax rate is 9.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The strong Tapionan economy, worth 377 trillion leipas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 74,299 leipas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.
Drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, sexuality-questioning teenagers are placed in locked rooms with dirty magazines and lewd posters, the nation has become a pariah for giving pirates letters of marque, and harassed women are constantly hassled by guys who are "just giving them compliments". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tapion's national animal is the doja cat and its national religion is Optimistic Resilience.
Tapion is ranked 180,984th in the world and 14th in Ukraine for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 348.75 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Tapion's influence in Ukraine rose from "Vassal" to "Truckler".
- : Following new legislation in Tapion, harassed women are constantly hassled by guys who are "just giving them compliments".
- : Following new legislation in Tapion, the nation has become a pariah for giving pirates letters of marque.
- : Following new legislation in Tapion, sexuality-questioning teenagers are placed in locked rooms with dirty magazines and lewd posters.
- : Following new legislation in Tapion, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government.
- : Following new legislation in Tapion, the immigration office has an express line for people bringing cash in briefcases.
- : Tapion was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : Tapion was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cheerful Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in Tapion, mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation.
- : Following new legislation in Tapion, out-of-work actors say they can't complain.