Category: Anarchy | ||
Civil Rights: Frightening |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Corrupted |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner
Location: the Rejected Realms
Population | 21.72 billion |
Capital | The Hut |
Leader | Nobody |
Faith | a minor religion |
Currency | Shiny Rock |
Animal | Great Silver Bird |
The Truly Free State of Western Scientificum is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nobody with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, free-roaming dinosaurs, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 21.72 billion Western Scientists live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.
The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, although Spirituality is also considered important, while Welfare and Healthcare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Hut. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Western Scientist economy, worth a remarkable 2,065 trillion Shiny Rocks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 95,114 Shiny Rocks, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.
The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, the government's official position on invasive species is 'who cares?', and Nobody's recent "I have a dream that we will fight them by raking muck on the beaches" speech seems a little derivative to many. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Western Scientificum's national animal is the Great Silver Bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is a minor religion.
Western Scientificum is ranked 286,964th in the world and 7,086th in the Rejected Realms for Most Conservative, scoring 5.58 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, life is somewhat repetitive.
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, Nobody's recent "I have a dream that we will fight them by raking muck on the beaches" speech seems a little derivative to many.
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, the government's official position on invasive species is 'who cares?'.
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère.
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit.
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, life is somewhat repetitive.
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, saying that someone looks a bit pale can be construed as hate speech.
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, firebombing politicians' offices has become a common way of expressing dissatisfaction.
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, teens are voting on which C-List pop star will be next to be evicted from the opera house.
- : Following new legislation in Western Scientificum, the The Hut XV Regiment (aka "The Goat Starers") have yet to win a battle.