Population | 17.355 billion |
Capital | North Hinton Caverns |
Leader | Elbbsas |
Currency | doubloon |
Animal | pug hog |
The Silver Islands of Pogglind is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Elbbsas with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, public floggings, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 17.355 billion Pogglians 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.
The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Hinton Caverns. The average income tax rate is 79.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The very strong Pogglian economy, worth a remarkable 1,353 trillion doubloons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 77,993 doubloons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, the Great Pogglian Melting Pot boils out ethnic heritage, and gardeners must genetically test weeds for unique traits before digging them up. Crime is totally unknown. Pogglind's national animal is the pug hog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Pogglind is ranked 12,959th in the world and 34th in Wintreath for Highest Food Quality, scoring 144.08 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Pogglind was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, Most Beautiful Environments, Most Inclusive, Most Stationary, and Highest Food Quality.
- : Pogglind was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
- : Pogglind was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
- : Pogglind was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Safest.
- : Pogglind was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Safest.
- : Pogglind was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
- : Pogglind was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Survivors.
- : Pogglind was struck by a Mk IV (Pacifier) Cure Missile from The Resurgent Grace of Idantir, curing 24 million infected.
- : Pogglind was struck by a Mk IV (Pacifier) Cure Missile from The Greyscale Magi-Monk of Wintermoot, curing 21 million infected.
- : Pogglind was struck by a Mk IV (Pacifier) Cure Missile from The Republic of Wintercrow, curing 21 million infected.