Category: Corrupt Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
Regional Influence: Power
Location: USSD
Population | 22.659 billion |
Capital | Miguel |
Leader | Generalissimo Attero Dirotsky |
Faith | a Cult of Personality |
Currency | USSD Credit |
Animal | Kiwi |
The United Socialist States of Vetelo is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Generalissimo Attero Dirotsky with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, smutty television, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 22.659 billion Vetelonians 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, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized morass — prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Law & Order, and Environment are also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Miguel. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Vetelonian economy, worth a remarkable 5,114 trillion USSD Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 225,727 USSD Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The government funds large training centres to turn Kiwis into functioning members of society, they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop), Air Vetelo tickets have reached sky-high prices due to a complete monopoly on air travel, and pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vetelo's national animal is the Kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a Cult of Personality.
Vetelo is ranked 343,491st in the world and 20th in USSD for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -17.55 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Vetelo lodged a message on the USSD Regional Message Board.
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Vetelo was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
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Vetelo banned
The ULTRA GRAND FARTMASTER of Fartmaster Q from USSD.
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Vetelo was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
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Vetelo was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates, Healthiest Citizens, Most Advanced Public Education, Most Advanced Public Transport, and Nicest Citizens.
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Vetelo's influence in USSD fell from "Superpower" to "Power".
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Vetelo's influence in USSD rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Superpower".
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Vetelo relocated from Osiris to USSD.
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Vetelo was refounded in Osiris.
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Vetelo ceased to exist in USSD.