Population | 12.687 billion |
Capital | Piacenza |
Leader | St Ambrose |
Faith | Catholicism |
Currency | Piacent |
Animal | Piacentine Great Lion |
The Papal States of Piacentini is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by St Ambrose with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The humorless, devout population of 12.687 billion Piacentines are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Piacenza. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The all-consuming Piacentine economy, worth a remarkable 1,242 trillion Piacents a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,956 Piacents, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.
Every workday begins with group therapy, people have to sneak out of the country in order to have sex, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, and surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Piacentini's national animal is the Piacentine Great Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.
Piacentini is ranked 248,692nd in the world and 88th in Catholic for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
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- : Piacentini was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : Piacentini was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
- : Piacentini was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
- : Piacentini was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Healthiest Citizens.
- : Piacentini was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.
- : Piacentini was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
- : Piacentini was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
- : Piacentini lodged a message on the Catholic Regional Message Board.
- : Piacentini was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
- : Piacentini was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Smartest Citizens and Most Devout.