The Republic of Latvia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 24.603 billion Latvians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Latvian economy, worth a remarkable 4,178 trillion Golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 169,852 Golds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 634,812 per year while the poor average 31,829, a ratio of 19.9 to 1.
Scenic beaches are now protected by massive concrete walls, museums offer moralization or your money back, school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp, and the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Latvia's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Latvia is ranked 329,742nd in the world and 185th in Kantrias for Nicest Citizens, with 0.38 average smiles per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Latvia, the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force.
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Latvia, school lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp.
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Latvia, museums offer moralization or your money back.
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Latvia, scenic beaches are now protected by massive concrete walls.
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Latvia, commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains.
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Latvia, childish pranks are no laughing matter.
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Latvia, glamping Latvians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi.
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Latvia, the government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins.
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Latvia, power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky.
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Latvia, over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes.