The Free Land of Firdaous is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 112 million Firdaousis are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but sluggish Firdaousi economy, worth 3.07 trillion Ithras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 27,381 Ithras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The line of people waiting for a visa interview in front of foreign embassies is typically a mile long, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, group photos of the members of parliament are often mistaken for family reunions, and the nation's secret service is so secret that nobody knows if it has one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Firdaous's national animal is the Peacock, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.
Firdaous is ranked 186,072nd in the world and 21st in The Free Nations Region for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 703.65 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.
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Firdaous, the nation's secret service is so secret that nobody knows if it has one.
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Firdaous, group photos of the members of parliament are often mistaken for family reunions.
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Firdaous, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds.
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Firdaous's influence in The Free Nations Region rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
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Firdaous was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Safest and the Top 10% for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
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Firdaous, the line of people waiting for a visa interview in front of foreign embassies is typically a mile long.
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Firdaous, the deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts".
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Firdaous, referenda are banned by law and the Parliament has absolute control of the legislative process.
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Firdaous, environmental protestors are being rounded up and taken away in sinister black vans as a massive land development campaign gets underway.
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Firdaous was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Primitive.