The Commonwealth of Harry Islands is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, zero percent divorce rate, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.115 billion Harry Islandsians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Harryville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.7%.
The all-consuming Harry Islandsian economy, worth 205 trillion Harryan Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 97,149 Harryan Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 280,835 per year while the poor average 26,652, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.
Turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats, there is no other place with more lab coats per square mile than former houses of worship, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Harry Islands's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
Harry Islands is ranked 58,423rd in the world and 1st in Election Administration Unit for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 10.54 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.
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Harry Islands, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public.
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Harry Islands, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one.
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Harry Islands, there is no other place with more lab coats per square mile than former houses of worship.
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Harry Islands, turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats.
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Harry Islands, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool.
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Harry Islands, police officers often head to work wearing onesies and fluffy pink bunny-slippers.
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Harry Islands, businesses have become paranoid as waves of lawsuits sweep the nation.
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Harry Islands's influence in Election Administration Unit rose from "Dominator" to "Hermit".
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Harry Islands succeeded The rio grande river basin as Governor of Election Administration Unit.
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Harry Islands published "Decanonized Nations" (Account: Other).