Population | 24.154 billion |
Capital | Port Arthur |
Leader | O Lord |
Faith | Agnostic Pantheism |
Currency | Piece of My Heart |
Animal | Pearl |
The Kozmic Blues of -Janis Joplin is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by O Lord with a fair hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 24.154 billion -Janis Joplinians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.
The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Arthur. The average income tax rate is 47.8%.
The frighteningly efficient -Janis Joplinian economy, worth a remarkable 5,030 trillion Piece of My Hearts a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 208,251 Piece of My Hearts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.
Government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, a girl's success in life is often linked to her performance in beauty pageants, a degree in O Lord Science with a Minor in Awesomeology starts many political careers, and business owners who refuse to hire ex-cons often wake up with a Pearl's head in their bed. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. -Janis Joplin's national animal is the Pearl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Agnostic Pantheism.
-Janis Joplin is ranked 17,828th in the world and 339th in NationStates for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,510.33 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, business owners who refuse to hire ex-cons often wake up with a Pearl's head in their bed.
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, a degree in O Lord Science with a Minor in Awesomeology starts many political careers.
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, a girl's success in life is often linked to her performance in beauty pageants.
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy.
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, witches' brews set off Geiger counters.
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs.
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, the nation is devoted to world peas.
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, ADHD now stands for Attention Distracted by Hardware Devices.
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, politicians have been known to swim in pools filled with Piece of My Hearts.
- : Following new legislation in -Janis Joplin, wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities.