Population | 6.81 billion |
Currency | bits |
Animal | pony |
The Queendom of Starlight Glimmer 193 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.81 billion Starlight Glimmer 193ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 22.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The very strong Starlight Glimmer 193ian economy, worth 480 trillion bits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 70,497 bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.
Things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, women don't report crimes to the emergency services for fear of being arrested, every politician claims to be at least 1% Native Starlight Glimmer 193ian, and airplane passengers have been known to stuff pillows in their jackets to get extra arm room. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Glimmer 193's national animal is the pony, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Starlight Glimmer 193 is ranked 174,548th in the world and 6,667th in Balder for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 149.44 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Starlight Glimmer 193 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Primitive.
- : Starlight Glimmer 193 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Conservative.
- : Starlight Glimmer 193's influence in Balder rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Starlight Glimmer 193's influence in Balder rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Starlight Glimmer 193's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Starlight Glimmer 193's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Starlight Glimmer 193 was refounded in Balder.
- : Starlight Glimmer 193 ceased to exist in Artificial Solar System.
- : Starlight Glimmer 193 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
- : Starlight Glimmer 193 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.