Population | 13.023 billion |
Capital | Somewhere |
Leader | Ya Yingtan |
Faith | God Snek |
Currency | Denarius |
Animal | Dragon |
The Working and Mercantile Sneks of Strala is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Ya Yingtan with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 13.023 billion Stralans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Somewhere. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.
The frighteningly efficient Stralan economy, worth a remarkable 4,190 trillion Denarii 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 slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. 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 amazing 321,744 Denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, mathematicians are hated by children across the country, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, and criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Strala's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is God Snek.
Strala is ranked 1,084th in the world and 35th in the Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 167.57 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Strala, criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program.
- : Following new legislation in Strala, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting.
- : Following new legislation in Strala, mathematicians are hated by children across the country.
- : Following new legislation in Strala, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations.
- : Following new legislation in Strala, squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal.
- : Following new legislation in Strala, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky.
- : Following new legislation in Strala, most of the military's funding goes into researching space-age weaponry.
- : Following new legislation in Strala, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security.
- : Following new legislation in Strala, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description.
- : Following new legislation in Strala, one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 9 » Rockemsockem, East Durthang, Samasbhi, Empire of Beldemark, Elixandropolis, Xoriet, Wrangleria, Jazzia, and Muffinses.