Population | 32.162 billion |
Capital | Baskerville Hall |
Currency | pound |
Animal | hound |
The Hound of The Baskervilles is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 32.162 billion Baskervillesians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.
There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, outspoken individuals juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Baskerville Hall. Income tax is unheard of.
The frighteningly efficient Baskervillesian economy, worth a remarkable 2,359 trillion pounds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is highly specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 73,354 pounds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 492,713 per year while the poor average 4,087, a ratio of 120 to 1.
Pollution is on the rise along with government approvals of fracking projects, the lactose-intolerant are force-fed cheese products with predictably gassy results, aeroplane cockpits no longer have altimeters or airspeed indicators, and the government says that Possession is nine-tenths of the Lore. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Baskervilles's national animal is the hound, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
The Baskervilles is ranked 307,072nd in the world and 12th in The Featured Region Followers for Lowest Crime Rates, with 2.44 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : The Baskervilles was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Fattest Citizens.
- : The Baskervilles's influence in The Featured Region Followers rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
- : The Baskervilles was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : The Baskervilles was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : The Baskervilles's influence in The Featured Region Followers rose from "Dealmaker" to "Enforcer".
- : The Baskervilles was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : The Baskervilles's influence in The Featured Region Followers fell from "Enforcer" to "Dealmaker".
- : The Baskervilles's influence in The Featured Region Followers rose from "Dealmaker" to "Enforcer".
- : The Baskervilles's influence in The Featured Region Followers fell from "Enforcer" to "Dealmaker".
- : The Baskervilles was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Dead.