Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Rare |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
Regional Influence: Squire
Location: The Wellspring
Population | 1.734 billion |
Capital | Neuschwanstein |
Leader | Chancellor Marko Albert of Prussian |
Faith | The Chancellor's Cult of Personality |
Currency | Gold Stamp |
Animal | Black Eagle |
The Socialist Party of Markenberg is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor Marko Albert of Prussian with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.734 billion Markenbergians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neuschwanstein. The average income tax rate is 79.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Markenbergian economy, worth 243 trillion Gold Stamps 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. 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 140,276 Gold Stamps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.
CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, children on trains ask what the weird-looking billboards with arrows are for, and ship captains always order a return to port at the slightest sign of rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Markenberg's national animal is the Black Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Chancellor's Cult of Personality.
Markenberg is ranked 21,180th in the world and 23rd in The Wellspring for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 79.38 Effective Tax Rate.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Markenberg, ship captains always order a return to port at the slightest sign of rain.
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Markenberg, children on trains ask what the weird-looking billboards with arrows are for.
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Markenberg, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky.
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Markenberg created a custom banner.
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Markenberg voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Repeal "Recognition of the General Assembly"".
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Markenberg, CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show.
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Markenberg, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting.
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Markenberg, biology and religious education classes have recently been merged.
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Markenberg, stolen Reuben sandwiches are met with detailed and thorough police investigations.
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Markenberg, bike rage is all the rage.