Population | 6.04 billion |
Capital | The Dark Web |
Leader | Shpyder |
Currency | spider |
Animal | tarantula |
The Endless Stream of More Spiders is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Shpyder with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 6.04 billion Spider-lovers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The relatively small government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Dark Web. The average income tax rate is 10.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Spider-loving economy, worth 285 trillion spiders 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. 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 47,325 spiders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, children's daycare starts at the crack of dawn, children have taken to using semaphore in light of the recent mobile phone ban, and a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. More Spiders's national animal is the tarantula, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
More Spiders is ranked 129,518th in the world and 8th in The Sweet Ubiquity for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 73.48 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in More Spiders, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed.
- : More Spiders was reclassified from "Corrupt Dictatorship" to "Democratic Socialists".
- : Following new legislation in More Spiders, children have taken to using semaphore in light of the recent mobile phone ban.
- : Following new legislation in More Spiders, children's daycare starts at the crack of dawn.
- : More Spiders lodged a message on the The Sweet Ubiquity Regional Message Board.
- : Following new legislation in More Spiders, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers.
- : More Spiders was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Following new legislation in More Spiders, no one is quite sure what many government officials look like.
- : Following new legislation in More Spiders, the nation is automatically assumed to be the source of all unmarked weapons.
- : Following new legislation in More Spiders, prisoners have been known to host cooking and home décor television shows.