Population | 15.519 billion |
Leader | Grand Duke Waryqua II Wybop |
Faith | Violetism |
Currency | Ikalu |
Animal | zebra |
The Aeronautic Commonwealth of Zheish is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Grand Duke Waryqua II Wybop with an iron fist, and notable for its lack of airports, feral children, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 15.519 billion Zheishians 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."
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 83.9%.
The all-consuming Zheishian economy, worth a remarkable 1,078 trillion Ikalus a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, extremely specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 69,524 Ikalus, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.
International humanitarian organisations are applauding the government for ending the death penalty, asthmatics can now suffer the effects of polluting chimneys from further away than ever before, citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint, and the nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zheish's national animal is the zebra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Violetism.
Zheish is ranked 132,179th in the world and 91st in Atlanticana for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.53 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Zheish was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in Zheish, the nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically.
- : Following new legislation in Zheish, citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint.
- : Following new legislation in Zheish, asthmatics can now suffer the effects of polluting chimneys from further away than ever before.
- : Following new legislation in Zheish, international humanitarian organisations are applauding the government for ending the death penalty.
- : Zheish was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens and the Top 10% for Highest Unexpected Death Rate.
- : Following new legislation in Zheish, office microwaves are being replaced by firepits.
- : Following new legislation in Zheish, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime.
- : Following new legislation in Zheish, government officials have to mortgage their homes to make ends meet.
- : Following new legislation in Zheish, jumping in puddles after rainstorms has become an indoor activity.