The Democratic States of Poetry is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 3.631 billion Poetryians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.
The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, with Defense, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.0%.
The frighteningly efficient Poetryian economy, worth 807 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 222,253 francs, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,993,782 per year while the poor average 3,160, a ratio of 630 to 1.
The government subsidises medicines of mass destruction, Leader can't hear a thing when the unwashed masses throw rocks at the new state limousine, the caged-bird trade is singing, and the nation's endangered species are no longer endangered. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Poetry's national animal is the cobra, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Poetry is ranked 278,191st in the world and 139th in Poetry for Safest, scoring 5.72 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Poetry, the nation's endangered species are no longer endangered.
- : Poetry was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
- : Following new legislation in Poetry, the caged-bird trade is singing.
- : Following new legislation in Poetry, Leader can't hear a thing when the unwashed masses throw rocks at the new state limousine.
- : Following new legislation in Poetry, the government subsidises medicines of mass destruction.
- : Following new legislation in Poetry, vegetables are crisper thanks to CRISPR.
- : Following new legislation in Poetry, the new 'Things We Stole From Other Countries' exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities is a hit.
- : Following new legislation in Poetry, the digital money revolution has cashed out.
- : Following new legislation in Poetry, celebrity wrestlers thumb their nose at due process.
- : Following new legislation in Poetry, bouncers at the door of the sweet shop warn five-year-olds not to cause trouble.
