Category: Corrupt Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Basket Case |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner
Location: Lazarus
Population | 9.283 billion |
Currency | franc |
Animal | leopard |
The Republic of Curious Observations is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 9.283 billion Curious Observationsians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 46.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but stagnant Curious Observationsian economy, worth 73.9 trillion francs 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. 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 7,961 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Curious Observations's national animal is the leopard.
Curious Observations is ranked 139,810th in the world and 6,642nd in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.85 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Curious Observations's influence in Lazarus rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
- : Curious Observations was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
- : Curious Observations relocated from Spear Danes to Lazarus.
- : Curious Observations relocated from The Order of the Grey Wardens to Spear Danes.
- : Curious Observations relocated from The South Pacific to The Order of the Grey Wardens.
- : Curious Observations relocated from Fukuoka to The South Pacific.
- : Curious Observations relocated from Artificial Solar System to Fukuoka.
- : Curious Observations relocated from Lazarus to Artificial Solar System.
- : Curious Observations's influence in Lazarus rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
- : Curious Observations's influence in Lazarus rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".