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The Republic of Evertide

“Beacon of the North”

Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights:
Good
Economy:
Fair
Political Freedoms:
Excellent

Regional Influence: Powerbroker

Location: Pelican

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Evertide

Population3.076 billion

Currencypound
Animalmoose

The Republic of Evertide is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 3.076 billion Evertideans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 35.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Evertidean economy, worth 110 trillion pounds 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, fairly diversified black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Cheese 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 36,028 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them, modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes, foreign leaders are advising that Leader's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, and concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Evertide's national animal is the moose, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Evertide is ranked 142,524th in the world and 2nd in Pelican for Smartest Citizens, with 30.85 quips per hour.

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Most Secular: 29,077thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 32,139th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Evertide, concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas".
  • : Following new legislation in Evertide, foreign leaders are advising that Leader's letters must have gotten lost in the mail.
  • : Following new legislation in Evertide, modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes.
  • : Following new legislation in Evertide, wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them.
  • : Following new legislation in Evertide, a speech a day keeps climate change away.
  • : Following new legislation in Evertide, sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors.
  • : Following new legislation in Evertide, election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes.
  • : Evertide was reclassified from "Democratic Socialists" to "Liberal Democratic Socialists".
  • : Following new legislation in Evertide, the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners.
  • : Following new legislation in Evertide, people are careful to avoid hyperbolising that they'd "rather die" than support Leader.

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