Category: Corrupt Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
Regional Influence: Sprat
Location: The East Pacific
Population | 14.915 billion |
Capital | Heliopolis |
Leader | Tayfur Ali |
Faith | Heliolatry |
Currency | lira |
Animal | phoenix |
The Sunlit Dominion of The Solar Ottomans is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Tayfur Ali with an iron fist, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, public floggings, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 14.915 billion Ottomans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heliopolis. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Ottoman economy, worth a remarkable 1,342 trillion lire a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,020 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The dartboard at the Ottoman Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Tayfur Ali's face, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by Tayfur Ali, and songwriters compete to see who can come up with the most blasphemous lyrics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Solar Ottomans's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Heliolatry.
The Solar Ottomans is ranked 313,420th in the world and 5,050th in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -17.72 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : The Solar Ottomans was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Compassionate Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in The Solar Ottomans, songwriters compete to see who can come up with the most blasphemous lyrics.
- : Following new legislation in The Solar Ottomans, celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by Tayfur Ali.
- : Following new legislation in The Solar Ottomans, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit.
- : Following new legislation in The Solar Ottomans, the dartboard at the Ottoman Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Tayfur Ali's face.
- : Following new legislation in The Solar Ottomans, the government's new "quiet competence" initiative has supporters and detractors alike reeling in confusion.
- : The Solar Ottomans lodged a message on the The East Pacific Regional Message Board.
- : Following new legislation in The Solar Ottomans, schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention.
- : Following new legislation in The Solar Ottomans, mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation.
- : Following new legislation in The Solar Ottomans, pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card.