Population | 22.305 billion |
Capital | Dalry |
Leader | Kigslae |
Faith | Children of Auld |
Currency | Biquiso |
Animal | Okapi |
The Commonwealth of Askium is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Kigslae with a fair hand, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 22.305 billion Askiumians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dalry. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.
The frighteningly efficient Askiumian economy, worth a remarkable 2,552 trillion Biquisoes a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 114,428 Biquisoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read, reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, and children as young as eight can present logical proofs for the existence of the afterlife. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Askium's national animal is the Okapi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Children of Auld.
Askium is ranked 8,422nd in the world and 7th in International Northwestern Union for Most Cultured, scoring 128 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Askium's influence in International Northwestern Union fell from "Negotiator" to "Auxiliary".
- : Askium was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
- : Askium was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Influential.
- : Askium was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Scientifically Advanced.
- : Askium was reclassified from "Left-wing Utopia" to "Civil Rights Lovefest".
- : Askium was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Influential.
- : Askium was reclassified from "Civil Rights Lovefest" to "Left-wing Utopia".
- : Askium was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombies.
- : Askium was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombified.
- : Askium was reclassified from "New York Times Democracy" to "Civil Rights Lovefest".
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 5 » Crumstain, Albiorix, Cekan, United States of Minecraftia, and Altique.