Category: Corporate Police State | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Regional Influence: Powerbroker
Location: The Arctic
Population | 22.307 billion |
Capital | Christmas Town |
Leader | Santa |
Faith | Christmas Spirit |
Currency | dollar |
Animal | reindeer |
The Corporate Theocracy of The Merry Christmas is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Santa with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, ubiquitous missile silos, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 22.307 billion Christmasites are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Christmas Town. Income tax is unheard of.
The frighteningly efficient Christmas economy, worth a remarkable 8,205 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 367,828 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,907,573 per year while the poor average 38,429, a ratio of 49.6 to 1.
Employers may fire workers without giving any reason, photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls, the industries of The Merry Christmas are coughing all the way to the bank, and books are considered luxuries only available to the incredibly wealthy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. The Merry Christmas's national animal is the reindeer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christmas Spirit.
The Merry Christmas is ranked 207,676th in the world and 11th in The Arctic for Most Politically Free, scoring 17.29 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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The Merry Christmas was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
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The Merry Christmas, books are considered luxuries only available to the incredibly wealthy.
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The Merry Christmas, the industries of The Merry Christmas are coughing all the way to the bank.
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The Merry Christmas, photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls.
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The Merry Christmas, employers may fire workers without giving any reason.
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The Merry Christmas, polite commuters on the Christmas Town Metro always let hurried workers off the train first.
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The Merry Christmas, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways.
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The Merry Christmas, tumbleweeds made of litter adorn city streets.
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The Merry Christmas, industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out.
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The Merry Christmas, young girls and senior citizens alike can be spotted wearing colourful short shorts.