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The Confederacy of Gespain

“Laissez faire, laissez passer”

Category: Corporate Bordello
Civil Rights:
Excellent
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Superb

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Capitalist Paradise

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Gespain

Population9.239 billion

CapitalMadrid
LeaderFederal Council

CurrencyGold Standard
AnimalBull

The Confederacy of Gespain is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Federal Council with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, free-roaming dinosaurs, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 9.239 billion Spaniards are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Madrid. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Spaniard economy, worth a remarkable 3,949 trillion Gold Standards a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 427,505 Gold Standards, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,898,032 per year while the poor average 5,225, a ratio of 746 to 1.

Being Federal Council has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies, politicians are often seen drinking soft drinks at the end of every public address, and the "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, probably because of the absence of a police force. Gespain's national animal is the Bull, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gespain is ranked 293,972nd in the world and 128th in Capitalist Paradise for Lowest Crime Rates, with 2.22 law-abiding acts per hour.

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1%
Most Efficient Economies: 1,791st
Top
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Most Efficient Economies: 12th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Gespain, the "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture.
  • : Following new legislation in Gespain, politicians are often seen drinking soft drinks at the end of every public address.
  • : Following new legislation in Gespain, the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies.
  • : Following new legislation in Gespain, being Federal Council has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs.
  • : Following new legislation in Gespain, concussed Bullball players cannot remember their lineup position.
  • : Following new legislation in Gespain, the tawdry celebrity gossip section has moved to the front page of most newspapers.
  • : Gespain was reclassified from "Anarchy" to "Corporate Bordello".
  • : Following new legislation in Gespain, an increasing number of animal species are named 'Bob'.
  • : Following new legislation in Gespain, the latest guided missile cruiser "Ship-1642" has received precisely zero column inches in the press.
  • : Following new legislation in Gespain, wait staff claim to like it when odorous customers flirt with them.

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