The Commonwealth of Card2151 is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 797 million Card2151ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 21.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Card2151ian economy, worth 22.5 trillion aasdfesas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,243 aasdfesas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
No animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, and couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card2151's national animal is the dfaesdfea, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Card2151 is ranked 220,704th in the world and 4,685th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.81 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.
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Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Card2151, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material'.
- : Following new legislation in Card2151, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes.
- : Card2151 was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Father Knows Best State".
- : Following new legislation in Card2151, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits.
- : Following new legislation in Card2151, no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it.
- : Card2151 was reclassified from "Democratic Socialists" to "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy".
- : Following new legislation in Card2151, travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air Card2151 flights to avoid the pay lavatories.
- : Following new legislation in Card2151, half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach.
- : Following new legislation in Card2151, hordes of faceless civil servants are running cities.
- : Following new legislation in Card2151, internet trolls are considered valiant supporters of the right to free speech.
