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The Free Land of Gaftonoshu
"No one lives forever !"
| Category: Corrupt Dictatorship | ||
| Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Strong |
Political Freedoms: Rare |
Location: Lazarus |
Regional Influence: Minnow |
The Free Land of Gaftonoshu is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.37 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 98%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.
High-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, the military has had its funding stripped back as the nation seeks a smaller role in international politics, school uniforms are compulsory, and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gaftonoshu's national animal is the Human and its currency is the Calories.
Gaftonoshu is ranked 789th in the region and 9,951st in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity: 3 days ago
- 3 days ago: Following new legislation in Gaftonoshu, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police.
- 3 days ago: Following new legislation in Gaftonoshu, school uniforms are compulsory.
- 3 days ago: Following new legislation in Gaftonoshu, the military has had its funding stripped back as the nation seeks a smaller role in international politics.
- 3 days ago: Following new legislation in Gaftonoshu, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low.
- 15 days ago: Following new legislation in Gaftonoshu, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate.
- 15 days ago: Following new legislation in Gaftonoshu, crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing.
- 15 days ago: Following new legislation in Gaftonoshu, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations.
- 15 days ago: Following new legislation in Gaftonoshu, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low.
- 26 days ago: Gaftonoshu was reclassified from "Psychotic Dictatorship" to "Corrupt Dictatorship".
- 26 days ago: Following new legislation in Gaftonoshu, customs turn away those considered to have an unfavourable ethnicity.
