My nice nation is this
The Community of Blupistan
“Let's Get Together And Feel All Right”
Category: Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights: Very Good
Economy: Fair
Political Freedoms: Very Good
Regional Influence: Minnow
Location: Lazarus
The Community of Blupistan is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its strong anti-business policies. The compassionate, intelligent population of 561
million Blupsters are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and
corrupt.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands
of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 73%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly
made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
All-natural foods are becoming a major fad, politicians constantly ring their voters to remind them how good a job they're doing, citizens wishing to
be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, and property values in suburbs have nosedived after the middle
class were forced to live next door to ethnic minorities. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police
force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blupistan's national animal is the Flaming Galah, which frolics freely in the nation's
many lush forests, and its currency is the Blup.
Blupistan is ranked 325th in Lazarus and 8,157th in the world for Nicest Citizens, with 42 Smiles Per Hour (net).
[Top 10% of Lazarus for Highest Drug Use]
[Top 10% of the world for Highest Drug Use]
[Top 10% of the world for Most Income Equality]
[Top 5% of Lazarus for Most Income Equality]
[Top 10% of Lazarus for Nicest Citizens]
[Top 10% of the world for Nicest Citizens]
edit on 20/11/14 by blupblup because: (no reason given)