Population | 9.342 billion |
Capital | Flyer City |
Leader | Claude Giroux |
Faith | The Orange Order |
Currency | Sliding Dollar |
Animal | Gritty |
The Republic of Giroux is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Claude Giroux with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, unlimited-speed roads, and frequent executions. The hard-working, democratic population of 9.342 billion Girouxians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.
The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flyer City. The average income tax rate is 11.6%.
The powerhouse Girouxian economy, worth 828 trillion Sliding Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 88,723 Sliding Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.
Airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril, the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners, and concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas". Crime is totally unknown. Giroux's national animal is the Gritty, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The Orange Order.
Giroux is ranked 226,359th in the world and 7th in The Slide Countries for Most Conservative, scoring 38.75 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Giroux, concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas".
- : Following new legislation in Giroux, the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners.
- : Following new legislation in Giroux, the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril.
- : Giroux was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
- : Giroux was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
- : Following new legislation in Giroux, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path.
- : Giroux's influence in The Slide Countries fell from "Diplomat" to "Duckspeaker".
- : Following new legislation in Giroux, polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts.
- : Giroux was reclassified from "New York Times Democracy" to "Corporate Bordello".
- : Following new legislation in Giroux, it is illegal to have the wrong clock time showing on your microwave oven.