Population | 139 million |
Currency | Spud |
Animal | Llama |
The United States of Potato Of The Llama is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 139 million Potato Of The Llamen love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 46.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but underdeveloped Potato Of The Llaman economy, worth 4.13 trillion Spuds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,701 Spuds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Lending money has become a major liability, balaclava manufacturers are held criminally culpable for bank heists, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, and there is a heavy social stigma attached to e-cigarettes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Potato Of The Llama's national animal is the Llama, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Potato Of The Llama is ranked 280,587th in the world and 5th in Jimothy for Most Patriotic, with 1.88 flags saluted per person per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Potato Of The Llama, there is a heavy social stigma attached to e-cigarettes.
- : Following new legislation in Potato Of The Llama, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem.
- : Following new legislation in Potato Of The Llama, balaclava manufacturers are held criminally culpable for bank heists.
- : Following new legislation in Potato Of The Llama, lending money has become a major liability.
- : Following new legislation in Potato Of The Llama, eminent domain has been abolished.
- : Potato Of The Llama's influence in Jimothy rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
- : Potato Of The Llama's influence in Jimothy rose from "Dealmaker" to "Enforcer".
- : Following new legislation in Potato Of The Llama, it's often raining men (hallelujah) in Potato Of The Llama City.
- : Following new legislation in Potato Of The Llama, televisions are often seized to pay for overdue television license fees.
- : Following new legislation in Potato Of The Llama, ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward.