Population | 11.416 billion |
Currency | Join Lily |
Animal | Join Lily |
The Join Lily of Sweeze 52 is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The quiet, industrious population of 11.416 billion Join Lily have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 27.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Join Lily economy, worth 479 trillion Join Lilies a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,030 Join Lilies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.
Unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, and the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sweeze 52's national animal is the Join Lily, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Sweeze 52 is ranked 136,909th in the world and 2,653rd in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 723.26 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Sweeze 52's influence in Suspicious rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Sweeze 52's influence in Suspicious rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Sweeze 52's influence in Suspicious rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Sweeze 52's influence in Suspicious rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Sweeze 52's influence in Suspicious rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Sweeze 52 relocated from The ASEAN to Suspicious.
- : Sweeze 52 applied to join the World Assembly.
- : Sweeze 52's influence in The ASEAN rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
- : Sweeze 52's influence in The ASEAN rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
- : Sweeze 52's influence in The ASEAN fell from "Shoeshiner" to "Sprat".