Population | 9.48 billion |
Capital | Alkira |
Leader | Dina Goldstein |
Currency | velson |
Animal | moose |
The Lives Longer Than Sleet of Ostrovskiy is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Dina Goldstein with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.48 billion Ostrovskians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alkira. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.
The frighteningly efficient Ostrovskian economy, worth a remarkable 1,903 trillion velsons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 200,841 velsons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Religious turf wars have caused frustrated police to pray for divine intervention, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives, abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, and birth rates have hit an all-time low. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostrovskiy's national animal is the moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Ostrovskiy is ranked 7,483rd in the world and 13th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Cultured, scoring 136 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Ostrovskiy changed its national nation type to "Lives Longer Than Sleet".
- : Ostrovskiy lodged a message on the The Union of Democratic States Regional Message Board.
- : Ostrovskiy lodged a message on the The Union of Democratic States Regional Message Board.
- : Following new legislation in Ostrovskiy, birth rates have hit an all-time low.
- : Ostrovskiy lodged a message on the The Union of Democratic States Regional Message Board.
- : Following new legislation in Ostrovskiy, abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals.
- : Ostrovskiy lodged a message on the The Union of Democratic States Regional Message Board.
- : Ostrovskiy lodged a message on the The Union of Democratic States Regional Message Board.
- : Ostrovskiy lodged a message on the The Union of Democratic States Regional Message Board.
- : Following new legislation in Ostrovskiy, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives.