Category: Civil Rights Lovefest | ||
Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Excellent |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner
Location: the West Pacific
Population | 15.456 billion |
Capital | Stumptown |
Leader | Harry Henderson |
Faith | Gnostic Creationism |
Currency | chocolate bytecoin |
Animal | christmas tree octopus |
The Yipee-ki-yay of Bran Astor is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Harry Henderson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 15.456 billion Astorians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.
The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stumptown. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Astorian economy, worth a remarkable 2,619 trillion chocolate bytecoins a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 169,497 chocolate bytecoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
It turns out you can teach cats new tricks, the national colors help to make everyone look slimmer, the RXN information hour is a guaranteed cure for insomnia, and Harry Henderson can often be found attempting to coax random citizens' cats down from trees. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Bran Astor's national animal is the christmas tree octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Gnostic Creationism.
Bran Astor is ranked 89,622nd in the world and 1,077th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,285.02 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Bran Astor was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Black Market, Most Influential, Most Beautiful Environments, Highest Food Quality, and Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : Bran Astor's influence in The West Pacific rose from "Zero" to "Shoeshiner".
- : Bran Astor altered its national flag.
- : Bran Astor relocated from Lazarus to The West Pacific.
- : Bran Astor was refounded in Lazarus.
- : Bran Astor ceased to exist in The West Pacific.
- : Bran Astor was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Secular.
- : Bran Astor lodged a message on the The West Pacific Regional Message Board.
- : Bran Astor password-protected Kingdom Of Albion.
- : Bran Astor set the regional banner of Kingdom Of Albion.