The Sunset on the River Nile of Pluvie is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Malcolm with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.587 billion Pluvians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.
The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mattar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.
The powerhouse Pluviean economy, worth 102 trillion Sun-tokens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 64,610 Sun-tokens, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 348,021 per year while the poor average 6,236, a ratio of 55.8 to 1.
The national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid, the paparazzi publicize Royal scandals with the utmost delight, "It was only a joke" is no longer a defense for the felony of discrimination, and the nation is loathed abroad for dumping all of its waste in international waters. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Pluvie's national animal is the Fennec Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Love.
Pluvie is ranked 202,705th in the world and 134th in Refugia for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -7.1 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Pluvie, the nation is loathed abroad for dumping all of its waste in international waters.
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Pluvie, "It was only a joke" is no longer a defense for the felony of discrimination.
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Pluvie, the paparazzi publicize Royal scandals with the utmost delight.
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Pluvie, the national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid.
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Pluvie, town welcome signs list corporate sponsors.
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Pluvie was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
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Pluvie, fashion stores are exploding in sales as clothing is reintroduced to the country.
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Pluvie, the monarchy has adopted absolute primogeniture.
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Pluvie, official medical guidelines insist that childbirth is 'almost totally painless'.
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Pluvie, children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life.