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The Secular Mercantile Nexus of Isla Vista

“Where churches are charged with fraud and racketeering!”

Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
Civil Rights: Good	Economy: Frightening	Political Freedoms: Few

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: Wysteria

Overview • Factbook • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Secular Mercantile Nexus of Isla Vista is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Colonial Premier Mawaar with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 22.65 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, pro-business individuals juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Defence, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trigo. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing industries.

Criminals are executed and their property seized, the number of students attending university has reached a record high, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, and immigrant herding has become a national pastime. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Isla Vista's national animal is the Marsupial Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Golden Bond.

Isla Vista is ranked 90th in Wysteria and 94,256th in the world for Most Authoritarian, with 0.079 Stalins.

Easter Eggs (4) Top 1% of the world for Largest Agricultural Sector Top 5% of Wysteria for Largest Agricultural Sector Top 1% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens Top 5% of Wysteria for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens Top 10% of Wysteria for Most Armed Top 1% of the world for Most Armed Top 5% of Wysteria for Most Avoided Top 1% of the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector Top 5% of Wysteria for Largest Basket Weaving Sector Top 1% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry Top 5% of Wysteria for Most Subsidized Industry Top 1% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments Top 5% of Wysteria for Most Corrupt Governments Top 10% of Wysteria for Most Cultured Top 1% of the world for Shortest Average Lifespan Top 5% of Wysteria for Shortest Average Lifespan Top 1% of the world for Largest Defense Forces Top 1% of the world for Fastest-Growing Economies Top 5% of Wysteria for Fastest-Growing Economies Top 1% of the world for Lowest Unemployment Rates Top 5% of Wysteria for Lowest Unemployment Rates Top 10% of Wysteria for Fattest Citizens Top 1% of the world for Fattest Citizens Top 1% of the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector Top 5% of Wysteria for Largest Trout Fishing Sector #1 in Wysteria for Most Godforsaken #1 in the world for Most Godforsaken Top 10% of the world for Most Developed Top 5% of the world for Most Influential Top 5% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates Top 1% of the world for Lowest Overall Tax Burden Top 5% of Wysteria for Lowest Overall Tax Burden Top 1% of the world for Largest Manufacturing Sector Top 5% of Wysteria for Largest Manufacturing Sector Top 10% of Wysteria for Highest Police Ratios Top 1% of the world for Highest Police Ratios Top 10% of Wysteria for Largest Populations Top 10% of Wysteria for Most Pro-Market Top 5% of the world for Most Pro-Market Top 1% of the world for Largest Publishing Industry Top 5% of Wysteria for Largest Publishing Industry Top 10% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth Top 10% of Wysteria for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides Top 5% of the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides Top 1% of the world for Rudest Citizens Top 5% of Wysteria for Rudest Citizens Top 1% of the world for Smartest Citizens Top 5% of Wysteria for Smartest Citizens Top 1% of the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector Top 5% of Wysteria for Largest Soda Pop Sector

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity: 2 days 2 hours ago

2 days 2 hours ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, immigrant herding has become a national pastime.
2 days 2 hours ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements.
2 days 2 hours ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, the number of students attending university has reached a record high.
2 days 2 hours ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, criminals are executed and their property seized.
4 days ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, tourists outnumber citizens two to one.
4 days ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high.
4 days ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, 'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favourite drink.
4 days ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume.
4 days ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, drunk drivers are sentenced to death.
6 days ago: Following new legislation in Isla Vista, it's a common sight to see angry commuters with grenade launchers mounted on their vehicles.