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National FlagThe Empire of Buttermonky

"Please don't butter the monkys."

Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights:
Good
Economy:
Imploded
Political Freedoms:
Superb

Location: The North Pacific

Regional Influence: Minnow

Buttermonky is a WA Member

The Empire of Buttermonky is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 3.167 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Anti-government web sites are springing up, euthanasia is legal, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and graffiti graces every city's streets. Crime is totally unknown. Buttermonky's national animal is the Monky, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Quagaar.

Buttermonky is ranked 3773rd in the region and 71,342nd in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity: 17 days ago

World Assembly

Endorsements Received: 22 (FlagYaorozu, FlagWhereisthatistan, FlagThe Tresville Element, FlagMr Sniffles, FlagAtrigea, FlagGreat Bights Mum, FlagByakhee, FlagThadmoria, FlagWee Tiddle on the Wap, FlagNamyeknom, FlagCanarama, FlagDe grande Finlande, FlagKingjohn, FlagThe Seventh Sign, FlagGerilithica, FlagJAS05, FlagHeather Rochelle, FlagVaticania Prime, FlagFormer English Colony, FlagJumuraa, FlagEl Deus, FlagILVSIVM II)