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“Consume the Eggs!”
| Category: Democratic Socialists | ||
| Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Average |
Regional Influence: Contender
Location: Pax Britannia
| Population | 27.643 billion |
| Capital | Carthago Nova |
| Leader | Ođinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake |
| Faith | Nahuatl |
| Currency | Runcible |
| Animal | Ursine Phoenix |
The Endless Kakistocracy of Basementees is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Ođinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, complete lack of prisons, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 27.643 billion Thu'uls 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 Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carthago Nova. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient K't Hu'ul economy, worth an astonishing 20,597 trillion Runcibles 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 a breathtaking 745,110 Runcibles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts, the government-sponsored autobiography 'An Ođinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake For All Seasons' has only been bought by the most loyal of Ođinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake's supporters, students memorise knock-knock jokes for their mandatory twice-a-term Comedy Examinations, and trespassers entering Ođinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake's office are immediately vaporized. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Basementees's national animal is the Ursine Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Nahuatl.
Basementees is ranked 93rd in the world and 1st in Pax Britannia for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 31,642.58 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Basementees's influence in Pax Britannia rose from "Negotiator" to "Contender".
- : Following new legislation in Basementees, trespassers entering Ođinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake's office are immediately vaporized.
- : Following new legislation in Basementees, students memorise knock-knock jokes for their mandatory twice-a-term Comedy Examinations.
- : Following new legislation in Basementees, the government-sponsored autobiography 'An Ođinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake For All Seasons' has only been bought by the most loyal of Ođinnshrafn Khagan Numerian VI Drake's supporters.
- : Following new legislation in Basementees, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts.
- : Following new legislation in Basementees, the nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks.
- : Following new legislation in Basementees, military pistols are more secure than the national treasury.
- : Following new legislation in Basementees, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations.
- : Following new legislation in Basementees, citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process.
- : Basementees agreed to construct embassies between Pax Britannia and New Chesapeake.
