Population | 16.329 billion |
Capital | Fort Croshanka |
Leader | John Thompson |
Currency | Credit |
Animal | snapping turtle |
The Armed Republic of Old Soldiers is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by John Thompson with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, soft-spoken computers, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 16.329 billion Old Soldiers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while Environment and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Croshanka. The average income tax rate is 50.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The strong Old Soldier economy, worth a remarkable 1,871 trillion Credits 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. 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 114,605 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea, victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians, doughnut-makers claim their products are healthy because they are fortified with vitamins, and the state believes that children are what you make of them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old Soldiers's national animal is the snapping turtle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Old Soldiers is ranked 112,810th in the world and 44th in Anteria for Most Conservative, scoring 63.08 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Old Soldiers was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombified, Most Dead, and Most Zombies.
- : Old Soldiers was ravaged by a Zombie Burster Horde from The Philosopher-Kingdom of Aramos, infecting 1,007 million survivors and converting to a zombie exporter! Oh no!
- : Old Soldiers was ravaged by a Zombie Burster Horde from The Philosopher-Kingdom of Aramos, infecting 1,253 million survivors.
- : Old Soldiers was ravaged by a Zombie Burster Horde from The Philosopher-Kingdom of Aramos, infecting 650 million survivors.
- : Old Soldiers was ravaged by a Zombie Burster Horde from The Philosopher-Kingdom of Aramos, infecting 556 million survivors.
- : Old Soldiers was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
- : Old Soldiers was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Economic Output and the Top 10% for Largest Retail Industry and Largest Manufacturing Sector.
- : Old Soldiers's influence in Anteria rose from "Zero" to "Shoeshiner".
- : Old Soldiers relocated from Osiris to Anteria.
- : Old Soldiers was refounded in Osiris.