Population | 5.86 billion |
Capital | The City of a Million Pigeons |
Leader | Ada Rhyll |
Faith | Rabbitism |
Currency | serran |
Animal | markhor |
The Queendom of Astrun is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Ada Rhyll with an iron fist, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.86 billion Astrese 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while Education and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The City of a Million Pigeons. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.4%.
The frighteningly efficient Astrese economy, worth 986 trillion serrans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 168,299 serrans, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 582,375 per year while the poor average 35,539, a ratio of 16.4 to 1.
The term "Native Astrese" has been redefined as anyone with the same skin color as the majority, strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins, workers' complaints never reach central planning, and people spend a lot on hair and nails. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Astrun's national animal is the markhor, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Rabbitism.
Astrun is ranked 298,294th in the world and 18th in The Axis of Evil for Most Cultured, scoring 45 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Astrun was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
- : Astrun's influence in The Axis of Evil rose from "Nipper" to "Truckler".
- : Astrun relocated from Lazarus to The Axis of Evil.
- : Astrun altered its national flag.
- : Astrun was refounded in Lazarus.
- : Astrun ceased to exist in The Axis of Evil.
- : Astrun's influence in The Axis of Evil rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
- : Astrun's influence in The Axis of Evil fell from "Handshaker" to "Truckler".
- : Astrun's influence in The Axis of Evil rose from "Truckler" to "Handshaker".
- : Astrun was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Conservative, Largest Welfare Programs, and Most Authoritarian.