Population | 31.369 billion |
Capital | Capital Heights |
Leader | the Governor |
Currency | betale |
Animal | deer |
The State of Lyghthouse is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its burgeoning deer population. The democratic population of 31.369 billion Lyghthouseans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 32.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Lyghthousean economy, worth a remarkable 1,253 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,966 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.
Military spending is on the increase, citizens are bombarded with advertising from their compulsory minature radios, Lyghthouse has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Lyghthouse in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lyghthouse's national animal is the deer.
Lyghthouse is ranked 121,394th in the world and 160th in Ancient Lands for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 946.33 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Lyghthouse was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork and the Top 10% for Most World Assembly Endorsements and Highest Economic Output.
- : Lyghthouse was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
- : Lyghthouse was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth.
- : Lyghthouse was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Dead.
- : Lyghthouse was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
- : Lyghthouse's influence in Ancient Lands rose from "Page" to "Squire".
- : Lyghthouse's influence in Ancient Lands fell from "Squire" to "Page".
- : Lyghthouse's influence in Ancient Lands rose from "Page" to "Squire".
- : Lyghthouse changed its national capital to "Capital Heights".
- : Lyghthouse altered its national flag.