Population | 5.141 billion |
Capital | Burgsvik |
Leader | Emperor Luke I |
Faith | Roman Catholicism |
Currency | Erstavik Dollar |
Animal | Elephant |
The Holy Catholic Empire of Erstavik is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Luke I with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 5.141 billion Erstavikians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Burgsvik. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The all-consuming Erstavikian economy, worth 622 trillion Erstavik Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,036 Erstavik Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Big Agriculture has the government by the nuts, the horniness of the great-horned Elephant is considered a national priority, religious leaders order congregants to love any neighbour who is just like themselves, and history textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erstavik's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.
Erstavik is ranked 19,084th in the world and 499th in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 93 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Erstavik was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans and the Top 10% for Most Advanced Public Education.
- : Erstavik was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential.
- : Erstavik was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates.
- : Erstavik was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Compassionate Citizens and Nicest Citizens.
- : Erstavik was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.
- : Erstavik was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates.
- : Erstavik was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Nicest Citizens and Most Compassionate Citizens and the Top 10% for Most Developed, Most Advanced Public Education, and Largest Publishing Industry.
- : Following new legislation in Erstavik, history textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students.
- : Following new legislation in Erstavik, religious leaders order congregants to love any neighbour who is just like themselves.
- : Erstavik was reclassified from "Authoritarian Democracy" to "Democratic Socialists".