Population | 1.999 billion |
Currency | pizza |
Animal | strawberry |
The Republic of Strawberry Pizza is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.999 billion Strawberry Pizzans 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 enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The all-consuming Strawberry Pizzan economy, worth 170 trillion pizzas a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,257 pizzas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.
The Museum of Soybeans is the cultural heart of the nation, disposable antiseptic wipes are considered a social necessity, customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags, and viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Strawberry Pizza's national animal is the strawberry.
Strawberry Pizza is ranked 174,449th in the world and 7,066th in Osiris for Largest Populations, with 2.00 billion capita.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Strawberry Pizza's influence in Osiris rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Strawberry Pizza was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Following new legislation in Strawberry Pizza, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows.
- : Following new legislation in Strawberry Pizza, customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags.
- : Following new legislation in Strawberry Pizza, disposable antiseptic wipes are considered a social necessity.
- : Following new legislation in Strawberry Pizza, the Museum of Soybeans is the cultural heart of the nation.
- : Following new legislation in Strawberry Pizza, libraries are replacing history books and classic novels with technical manuals and trades directories to match the nation's changing demands.
- : Strawberry Pizza was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Inclusive.
- : Following new legislation in Strawberry Pizza, young people avoid opening doors for the elderly with impunity.
- : Following new legislation in Strawberry Pizza, chalkboards are replaced with billboards in the classroom.