Category: Authoritarian Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Unheard Of |
Economy: Powerhouse |
Political Freedoms: Some |
Regional Influence: Contender
Location: Bee hive
Population | 9.328 billion |
Currency | honey |
Animal | bee |
The Colony of Queen bee 2020 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, enslaved workforce, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 9.328 billion Queen bee 2020ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 47.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The powerhouse Queen bee 2020ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,260 trillion honeys 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 135,085 honeys, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.
Retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists, citizens insist that there's no law against standing downwind when marijuana crops are burned off, and nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Queen bee 2020's national animal is the bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
Queen bee 2020 is ranked 159,426th in the world and 15th in Bee hive for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 514.27 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Queen bee 2020 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market and the Top 10% for Most Patriotic, Most Influential, Highest Average Incomes, and Most Stationary.
- : Queen bee 2020 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates.
- : Queen bee 2020 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates.
- : Following new legislation in Queen bee 2020, nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths.
- : Following new legislation in Queen bee 2020, citizens insist that there's no law against standing downwind when marijuana crops are burned off.
- : Following new legislation in Queen bee 2020, 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists.
- : Following new legislation in Queen bee 2020, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites.
- : Following new legislation in Queen bee 2020, dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming.
- : Queen bee 2020 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Manufacturing Sector, Most Armed, and Highest Disposable Incomes and the Top 10% for Most Conservative.
- : Following new legislation in Queen bee 2020, the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament.