Category: Mother Knows Best State | ||
Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Regional Influence: Handshaker
Location: Greater Dienstad
Population | 33.21 billion |
Capital | Mar'si |
Leader | Arsi'Elkon Luboski |
Faith | Marshism |
Currency | Marshian |
Animal | Sparky |
The Theocratic Matriarchy of Holy Marsh is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Arsi'Elkon Luboski with an iron fist, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 33.21 billion Marshites are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The medium-sized, corrupt government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Industry and Education also on the agenda, while Environment is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mar'si. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.
The frighteningly efficient Marshite economy, worth an astonishing 14,415 trillion Marshians 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 Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, 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 an amazing 434,060 Marshians, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.
Conspiracy nuts claim that the government is trying to bring about an end to civilisation, requests to "pass the salt" are supported by tank divisions, most pop videos prominently feature the Marshite flag, and worried-looking neonatal nurses are being deployed in place of SWAT teams during dangerous drug busts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Holy Marsh's national animal is the Sparky, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Marshism.
Holy Marsh is ranked 199,855th in the world and 56th in Greater Dienstad for Most Extreme, scoring 14.93 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, worried-looking neonatal nurses are being deployed in place of SWAT teams during dangerous drug busts.
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, most pop videos prominently feature the Marshite flag.
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, requests to "pass the salt" are supported by tank divisions.
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, conspiracy nuts claim that the government is trying to bring about an end to civilisation.
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, garishly-decorated government buildings are being hailed as the height of 'religious nouveau'.
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description.
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, from the highest mountain to the deepest cave - one can always count on finding a good cell signal in Holy Marsh.
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs.
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, students who refuse to pray are expelled from school.
- : Following new legislation in Holy Marsh, many marriages go virtually unconsummated.