The OBOLS Operative of Soldier 11 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.736 billion Soldier 11ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 51.0%.
The Soldier 11ian economy, worth 173 trillion bitcoins a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,524 bitcoins, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.
Former school buses now regularly shuttle kids to the nearest shopping centers to work, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, defense lawyers suggestively note to juries how flagrantly happy victims were, and young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Soldier 11's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.
Soldier 11 is ranked 207,088th in the world and 1,214th in Remembrance for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Soldier 11 was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Primitive and the Top 5% for Largest Black Market, Most Beautiful Environments, Most Influential, and Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
- : Following new legislation in Soldier 11, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus.
- : Following new legislation in Soldier 11, defense lawyers suggestively note to juries how flagrantly happy victims were.
- : Following new legislation in Soldier 11, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough.
- : Following new legislation in Soldier 11, former school buses now regularly shuttle kids to the nearest shopping centers to work.
- : Following new legislation in Soldier 11, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned eagleball fields.
- : Soldier 11's influence in Remembrance rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
- : Soldier 11 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
- : Following new legislation in Soldier 11, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list.
- : Following new legislation in Soldier 11, criminals lock themselves in their mums' basements to avoid prison.
