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The Republic of Quicksan

“Show Strength Not Weakness” Chester Ward

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Strong
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Sprat

Location: Europe

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Quicksan

Population2.997 billion

CapitalNew Boomdox
LeaderChester Ward
FaithChristianity

CurrencyQuickers
AnimalMoth

The Republic of Quicksan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chester Ward with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.997 billion Quicksanian's 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Welfare, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Boomdox. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Quicksanian economy, worth 209 trillion Quickers 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. 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 69,975 Quickers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Terrorists are on a first name basis with the officials that stamp their passports, water fights now end with thousands dead, Chester Ward has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished, and local government operates tolls on every village road. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Quicksan's national animal is the Moth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Quicksan is ranked 114,778th in the world and 477th in Europe for Most Extreme, scoring 22.16 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

Top
5%
Most Influential: 3,315thLargest Welfare Programs: 9,630thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 15,093rdTop
10%
Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 17,003rdMost Advanced Public Transport: 21,552ndMost Income Equality: 27,509thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 31,148th
Top
10%
Most Advanced Defense Forces: 128th in the regionLargest Black Market: 137th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 146th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Quicksan was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Defense Forces.
  • : Quicksan's influence in Europe rose from "Zero" to "Sprat".
  • : Quicksan applied to join the World Assembly.
  • : Quicksan relocated from Balder to Europe.
  • : Following new legislation in Quicksan, local government operates tolls on every village road.
  • : Following new legislation in Quicksan, Chester Ward has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished.
  • : Following new legislation in Quicksan, water fights now end with thousands dead.
  • : Following new legislation in Quicksan, terrorists are on a first name basis with the officials that stamp their passports.
  • : Following new legislation in Quicksan, military instructors tire of being asked for another bedtime story by seven-year-old conscripts.
  • : Quicksan was refounded in Balder.

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