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The Adventures of Mikaru Asahina

“Come on let's dance!” Mikuru Asahina

Category: Iron Fist Consumerists
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Negotiator

Location: SOS Brigade

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Mikaru Asahina

Population10.608 billion

CapitalMikuruville
LeaderMikuru Asahina
FaithHaruhiism - SOS Brigade

CurrencyTime Traveller
AnimalTim Traveller

The Adventures of Mikaru Asahina is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Mikuru Asahina with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.608 billion Mikaru Asahinans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mikuruville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Mikaru Asahinan economy, worth a remarkable 2,404 trillion Time Travellers 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 Information Technology, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 226,650 Time Travellers, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 932,148 per year while the poor average 36,334, a ratio of 25.7 to 1.

The Mikaru Asahinan war navy contains an oddly large number of luxury yachts and cruise liners, the local custom of Biking With The Cars sends tourists home bemused or in body-bags, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, and the MABI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Mikaru Asahina's national animal is the Tim Traveller, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Haruhiism - SOS Brigade.

Mikaru Asahina is ranked 20,631st in the world and 4th in SOS Brigade for Most Stationary, with 1,600.71860748388 days.

Top
1%
Largest Mining Sector: 1,364thMost Devout: 1,771stHighest Disposable Incomes: 2,280thLargest Retail Industry: 2,373rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 2,756thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2,774thTop
5%
Most Corrupt Governments: 3,460thLargest Information Technology Sector: 4,217thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 5,038thLargest Black Market: 5,207thMost Avoided: 6,385thHighest Average Incomes: 7,115thLargest Publishing Industry: 7,959thMost Efficient Economies: 9,126thHighest Economic Output: 9,695thMost Cultured: 10,403rdMost Patriotic: 10,797thNudest: 10,864thLargest Agricultural Sector: 13,766thTop
10%
Largest Soda Pop Sector: 14,882ndSmartest Citizens: 16,196thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 18,027thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 18,162ndMost Subsidized Industry: 18,266thMost Influential: 20,085thMost Stationary: 20,631stLargest Gambling Industry: 20,894thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 23,046thLowest Crime Rates: 24,958thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 25,334th
Top
10%
Most Cultured: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector.
  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector.
  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector.
  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector.
  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Smartest Citizens.
  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments.
  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.
  • : Mikaru Asahina was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector.

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