The People's Republic of The Crooked Beat is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Star Child with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 36.942 billion Crooked Beatians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Welfare, Social Policy, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and Law & Order aren't funded at all. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Crooked Beatian economy, worth an astonishing 10,115 trillion Pyramids 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 Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 273,827 Pyramids, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Sleeping on the job is recommended, the comic book series 'Star Child and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, EpiPen sales have skyrocketed, and it turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage. Crime is totally unknown. The Crooked Beat's national animal is the Unfunky UFO, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
The Crooked Beat is ranked 271,260th in the world and 8th in A Modern World for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -2126.23 on the Hayek Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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The Crooked Beat, it turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage.
- : Following new legislation in The Crooked Beat, EpiPen sales have skyrocketed.
- : Following new legislation in The Crooked Beat, the comic book series 'Star Child and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller.
- : Following new legislation in The Crooked Beat, sleeping on the job is recommended.
- : Following new legislation in The Crooked Beat, sea side cafes are required by law to close during summer.
- : Following new legislation in The Crooked Beat, the new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves.
- : Following new legislation in The Crooked Beat, the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters.
- : Following new legislation in The Crooked Beat, calling dibs is an unalienable right.
- : Following new legislation in The Crooked Beat, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber.
- : Following new legislation in The Crooked Beat, museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin.
