The Queendom of The Southern Ocean is a huge, safe nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 662 million Southern Oceanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 11.0%.
The Southern Oceanian economy, worth 35.9 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,187 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.
Military funding has been stripped back, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, and 1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive. Crime is totally unknown. The Southern Ocean's national animal is the deer.
The Southern Ocean is ranked 167,484th in the world and 6th in The Southern Ocean for Highest Drug Use, scoring 43.4 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.
National Happenings
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The Southern Ocean's influence in The Southern Ocean fell from "Superpower" to "Power".
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The Southern Ocean's influence in The Southern Ocean rose from "Power" to "Superpower".
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The Southern Ocean agreed to construct embassies between The Southern Ocean and Independence Hill.
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The Southern Ocean agreed to construct embassies between The Southern Ocean and Johannesburg.
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The Southern Ocean's influence in The Southern Ocean fell from "Superpower" to "Power".
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The Southern Ocean's influence in The Southern Ocean rose from "Power" to "Superpower".
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The Southern Ocean proposed constructing embassies between The Southern Ocean and Lagos.
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The Southern Ocean proposed constructing embassies between The Southern Ocean and Giza.
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The Southern Ocean's influence in The Southern Ocean fell from "Superpower" to "Power".
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The Southern Ocean agreed to construct embassies between The Southern Ocean and The Free Will.