Category: Left-wing Utopia | ||
Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Good |
Political Freedoms: World Benchmark |
Regional Influence: Dominator
Location: The Pale Blue Region
Population | 15.83 billion |
Capital | Cygnus A |
Leader | Carl Sagan |
Currency | ∆v |
Animal | Tribble |
The Republic of Saganea is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Carl Sagan with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 15.83 billion Saganeans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cygnus A. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The Saganean economy, worth 705 trillion ∆vs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 44,548 ∆vs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Snap elections are called over every minor impasse, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, and children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saganea's national animal is the Tribble, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Saganea is ranked 19,964th in the world and 1st in The Pale Blue Region for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,181.66 on the Clooney Contribution Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Saganea was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential and Most Stationary and the Top 10% for Most Advanced Public Education and Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Saganea set the regional banner of The Pale Blue Region.
- : Saganea was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Zombies.
- : Saganea was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
- : Saganea was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
- : Saganea was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
- : Saganea was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
- : Saganea was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.
- : Saganea was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
- : Saganea was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.