Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
Civil Rights: Good |
Economy: Good |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Regional Influence: Minnow
Location: The Land of Kings and Emperors
Population | 1.859 billion |
Capital | Gigalopolis |
Leader | Lord Yoseph Shabazz |
Faith | The Ivrahimic faith |
Currency | digitally encrypted Šenar |
Animal | Hummingbird |
The Majestic Dominion of Lord Shabazz is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Lord Yoseph Shabazz with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and ubiquitous missile silos. The cynical, devout population of 1.859 billion Shabazzians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gigalopolis. The average income tax rate is 43.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Shabazzian economy, worth 135 trillion digitally encrypted Šenars 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 Tourism, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. 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 73,086 digitally encrypted Šenars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.
Increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts, and a sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lord Shabazz's national animal is the Hummingbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Ivrahimic faith.
Lord Shabazz is ranked 223,498th in the world and 201st in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Most Conservative, scoring 47.33 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Lord Shabazz's influence in The Land of Kings and Emperors rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Lord Shabazz was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Beautiful Environments.
- : Following new legislation in Lord Shabazz, a sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate.
- : Following new legislation in Lord Shabazz, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts.
- : Following new legislation in Lord Shabazz, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region.
- : Lord Shabazz changed its national currency to "digitally encrypted Šenar".
- : Following new legislation in Lord Shabazz, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times.
- : Following new legislation in Lord Shabazz, photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Lord Yoseph Shabazz's bedroom.
- : Lord Shabazz was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Publishing Industry and Highest Food Quality.
- : Following new legislation in Lord Shabazz, a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world.