The Republic of Puffing Billy is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its digital currency, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 1.022 billion Puffing Billyians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 36.1%.
The powerhouse Puffing Billyian economy, worth 98.1 trillion Tickets a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,989 Tickets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.
On graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, surveillance cameras are banned, and paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puffing Billy's national animal is the WaterTrain, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Puffing Billy is ranked 258,547th in the world and 53rd in Nerdlandia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 43.47 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Puffing Billy, paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs.
- : Following new legislation in Puffing Billy, surveillance cameras are banned.
- : Following new legislation in Puffing Billy, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments.
- : Following new legislation in Puffing Billy, on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons.
- : Following new legislation in Puffing Billy, the might of the entire Puffing Billyian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders.
- : Following new legislation in Puffing Billy, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards.
- : Following new legislation in Puffing Billy, when their backs are against the walls Puffing Billyians look out for gay men.
- : Following new legislation in Puffing Billy, the official Puffing Billyian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child.
- : Following new legislation in Puffing Billy, the government is deliberately installing bloatware onto computers.
- : Following new legislation in Puffing Billy, a rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows.
