Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Developing |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
Regional Influence: Instigator
Location: The Pacifian Federation Colonies
The Federation of Morkion is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 303 million Morkionians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 48.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but underdeveloped Morkionian economy, worth 10.4 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,206 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The cancellation of "The Real Vixens of Morkion City" has been described as a real blow for entertainment, bins outnumber trees in city parks, libraries have replaced overdue book fines with mandatory mental health assessments, and the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Morkion's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Morkion is ranked 261,717th in the world and 10th in The Pacifian Federation Colonies for Nicest Citizens, with 6.84 average smiles per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Morkion, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose.
- : Following new legislation in
Morkion, libraries have replaced overdue book fines with mandatory mental health assessments.
- : Following new legislation in
Morkion, bins outnumber trees in city parks.
- : Following new legislation in
Morkion, the cancellation of "The Real Vixens of Morkion City" has been described as a real blow for entertainment.
- : Following new legislation in
Morkion, enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity.
- : Following new legislation in
Morkion, heroes long thought dead are promptly killed upon their return.
- : Following new legislation in
Morkion, many adults are moving back in with their parents.
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Morkion, hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have.
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Morkion, trust-fund babies line up for places in community college.
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Morkion, veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days.