Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Regional Influence: Apprentice
Location: Bytes
Population | 8.395 billion |
Capital | KDE System Settings |
Leader | Network Chuck |
Currency | byte |
Animal | RAM |
The Group Separator of 0x1d is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Network Chuck with an iron fist, and notable for its lack of airports, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 8.395 billion 0x1dians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of KDE System Settings. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.2%.
The frighteningly efficient 0x1dian economy, worth 554 trillion bytes a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 65,999 bytes, with the richest citizens earning 9.9 times as much as the poorest.
Metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach, diplomats are always trying to convince other nations to adopt l33t speak, teenage girls in knee-length surfer shorts have become a cultural icon of 0x1d, and members of ethnic minorities are more often called "boy" or "girl" than by their actual names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 0x1d's national animal is the RAM, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
0x1d is ranked 192,809th in the world and 136th in Bytes for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -2 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market, Most Developed, and Most Stationary.
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic.
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
- : 0x1d was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Pacifist.