The ENDORSE TEPERTOPIA of Copercia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, compulsory vegetarianism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 16.464 billion Copercians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The income tax rate is 100%.
The strong Copercian economy, worth a remarkable 2,242 trillion Coperciums a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Basket Weaving industry. Average income is an impressive 136,200 Coperciums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion, school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp, government policies change at the drop of a rabbit, and onions have been banned due to their tendency to cause eye irritation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Copercia's national animal is the Octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is a major religion.
Copercia is ranked 262,330th in the world and 9,808th in the South Pacific for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -77.34 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Copercia, onions have been banned due to their tendency to cause eye irritation.
- : Following new legislation in
Copercia, government policies change at the drop of a rabbit.
- : Following new legislation in
Copercia, school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp.
- : Following new legislation in
Copercia, Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion.
- : Following new legislation in
Copercia, Leader claims tax rises are the result of 'curses'.
- : Following new legislation in
Copercia, the upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned.
- : Following new legislation in
Copercia, the seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers.
- : Following new legislation in
Copercia, citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm.
- : Following new legislation in
Copercia, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list.
- : Following new legislation in
Copercia, only the brainiest citizens become academics.