Category: Scandinavian Liberal Paradise | ||
Civil Rights: Superb |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Good |
Regional Influence: Duckspeaker
Location: East Pacific
Population | 29.766 billion |
Capital | Iridae City |
Leader | High Mistress Sappharina |
Faith | The Seekers of the Sapphire Goddess |
Currency | Opal |
Animal | Lionfish |
The Colony of Iridae is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by High Mistress Sappharina with an even hand, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, smutty television, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 29.766 billion Iridaeans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
The large government is primarily concerned with Education, with Healthcare, Environment, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Iridae City. The average income tax rate is 78.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Iridaean economy, worth a remarkable 4,276 trillion Opals 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, highly specialized black market in Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Gambling. 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 143,669 Opals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, the nation has nearly as many history museums as Iridaeans, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, and Iridaeans suffer not the eggplant emoji to live. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Iridae's national animal is the Lionfish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Seekers of the Sapphire Goddess.
Iridae is ranked 10,890th in the world and 1st in East Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 114 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Iridae, Iridaeans suffer not the eggplant emoji to live.
- : Iridae's influence in East Pacific rose from "Handshaker" to "Duckspeaker".
- : Iridae's influence in East Pacific fell from "Duckspeaker" to "Handshaker".
- : Iridae's influence in East Pacific rose from "Handshaker" to "Duckspeaker".
- : Iridae was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Crime Rates.
- : Following new legislation in Iridae, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables.
- : Following new legislation in Iridae, the nation has nearly as many history museums as Iridaeans.
- : Following new legislation in Iridae, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume.
- : Iridae was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Drug Use.
- : Following new legislation in Iridae, atheists on vacation find The Seekers of the Sapphire Goddess's scriptures make useful doorstops.