The Dictatorship of Oldspeak is a huge, orderly nation, ruled by Big Brother with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 867 million Oceanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The strong Oldspeakian economy, worth 63.0 trillion Pound Sterlings 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, fairly diversified black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, 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 72,611 Pound Sterlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Children keel over while singing "Big Brother Gives Us the Water of Life", endocrinology is a rapidly growing field of study, Big Brother has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, and the state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oldspeak's national animal is the rat.
Oldspeak is ranked 313,940th in the world and 27th in The Order of Corinth for Smartest Citizens, with 13.37 quips per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Oldspeak was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
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Oldspeak, the state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations.
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Oldspeak changed its national demonym to "Oceanian".
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Oldspeak changed its national leader to "Big Brother".
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Oldspeak, Leader has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw.
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Oldspeak, endocrinology is a rapidly growing field of study.
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Oldspeak, children keel over while singing "Leader Gives Us the Water of Life".
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Oldspeak, foreign governments are looking into weaponizing the infamous Oldspeakian bee.
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Oldspeak, the government only announces the deaths of its members when it's convenient.
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Oldspeak, the government blames all suspicious phenomena on flying saucers.