Category: Corrupt Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Below Average |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner
Location: Lazarus
Population | 6.102 billion |
Capital | Zovaian |
Leader | Sharvo |
Faith | Gogwanism |
Currency | Clangors |
Animal | Condor |
The Syndicate of Horvis is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Sharvo with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, anti-smoking policies, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.102 billion Horvisians 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 enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zovaian. The average income tax rate is 89.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Horvisian economy, worth 818 trillion Clangors 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. 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 impressive 134,062 Clangors, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Children raised in multi-faith households claim the other deity would let them stay up later, holidaymakers sleep curled up on the floor as hotel beds are replaced with oversized bookcases, trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, and creative compliance measures ensure that high-ranking officials live in luxury while the country's coffers collect cobwebs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Horvis's national animal is the Condor, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Gogwanism.
Horvis is ranked 17,529th in the world and 1,280th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.81 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Horvis was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Governments.
- : Following new legislation in Horvis, creative compliance measures ensure that high-ranking officials live in luxury while the country's coffers collect cobwebs.
- : Following new legislation in Horvis, trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy.
- : Horvis was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Average Incomes.
- : Horvis voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Ban on Sexual Abuse of Animals".
- : Following new legislation in Horvis, holidaymakers sleep curled up on the floor as hotel beds are replaced with oversized bookcases.
- : Following new legislation in Horvis, children raised in multi-faith households claim the other deity would let them stay up later.
- : Following new legislation in Horvis, hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have.
- : Following new legislation in Horvis, Sharvo's new socialist government gets its policy advice from teenagers.
- : Following new legislation in Horvis, kids these days know how to throw a proper punch.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 11 » Treadwellia, Literian, Surd, New Rogernomics, Pepper Island Democratica Freeland Papri, Fluffiness, Debussy, Caellip Major, Wang Yao, Oppalli, and ELORA NATION.