The Cyan-Depleted Cartridges of Printer345 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.555 billion Printer345ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 79.4%.
The frighteningly efficient Printer345ian economy, worth 820 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 147,637 cards, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.
Putting a mustache on a banknote is considered defacing a national monument, citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, and graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer345's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Printer345 is ranked 95,273rd in the world and 1,497th in Two for Largest Populations, with 5.55 billion capita.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Printer345 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market and the Top 10% for Most Developed, Highest Wealthy Incomes, Most Advanced Public Education, and Highest Average Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Printer345, graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation'.
- : Following new legislation in Printer345, the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping.
- : Following new legislation in Printer345, citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'.
- : Following new legislation in Printer345, putting a mustache on a banknote is considered defacing a national monument.
- : Following new legislation in Printer345, bad punctuation has come to a full stop.
- : Following new legislation in Printer345, the average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work.
- : Following new legislation in Printer345, the roar of the Niagara 3000 mega-loo can be heard several blocks away.
- : Following new legislation in Printer345, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts.
- : Following new legislation in Printer345, human pie shops continue to receive shipments of meat from Spleeny Rodd's.
