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“Isn't it good Norwegian Wood?”
| Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists | ||
| Civil Rights: Very Good |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: World Benchmark |
Regional Influence: Sprat
Location: Forest
| Population | 5.077 billion |
| Capital | Radagast's Rest |
| Leader | Bull Moose of the Wood |
| Faith | Pastoral Pan Worship |
| Currency | amber thorn |
| Animal | Northern Moose |
The Hushed Shade of Northern Wood is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Bull Moose of the Wood with a fair hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.077 billion Northern Woodsmen love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Radagast's Rest. The average income tax rate is 99.2%.
The frighteningly efficient North Wood economy, worth a remarkable 1,287 trillion amber thorns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 253,531 amber thorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives, major cities run on potato batteries, ample hospital parking is half-filled by the luxury cars of hospital managers, and 10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners. Crime is totally unknown. Northern Wood's national animal is the Northern Moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pastoral Pan Worship.
Northern Wood is ranked 207,041st in the world and 406th in Forest for Highest Drug Use, scoring 24.4 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Northern Wood, 10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, ample hospital parking is half-filled by the luxury cars of hospital managers.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, major cities run on potato batteries.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, corporate lawyers are joyfully combing through the new tax code for any new loopholes for their clients.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, hackers post hourly updates on international summits.
- : Following new legislation in Northern Wood, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper.
