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“Too late it's half past five”
| Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
| Civil Rights: Below Average |
Economy: Very Strong |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Regional Influence: Apprentice
Location: The Conservative Democracies
| Population | 5.91 billion |
| Capital | Caractacus |
| Leader | King Caractacus |
| Faith | Bahianism |
| Currency | Powder |
| Animal | Fascinating Fish |
The Kingdom of The Practice Islands is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by King Caractacus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.91 billion Practicians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caractacus. The average income tax rate is 48.2%.
The very strong Practician economy, worth 357 trillion Powders 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. 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 60,493 Powders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.
The "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches, you're only as old as you feel, fast-food chefs regularly win Health Innovation Awards for spitting on burgers, and the nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Practice Islands's national animal is the Fascinating Fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Bahianism.
The Practice Islands is ranked 120,151st in the world and 10th in The Conservative Democracies for Most Developed, scoring 58.24 on the Human Development Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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The Practice Islands was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector.
- : Following new legislation in The Practice Islands, the nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers.
- : Following new legislation in The Practice Islands, fast-food chefs regularly win Health Innovation Awards for spitting on burgers.
- : Following new legislation in The Practice Islands, you're only as old as you feel.
- : Following new legislation in The Practice Islands, the "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches.
- : Following new legislation in The Practice Islands, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly.
- : The Practice Islands was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
- : The Practice Islands was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
- : The Practice Islands was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
- : The Practice Islands's influence in The Conservative Democracies rose from "Squire" to "Apprentice".
