Population | 20.451 billion |
Capital | Asterville |
Leader | Fuchsia Rose |
Currency | bit |
Animal | Lernaean hydra |
The Protected Isle of The Vines is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Fuchsia Rose with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 20.451 billion Vinesfolk hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.
The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asterville. The average income tax rate is 88.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Vinyl economy, worth a remarkable 3,230 trillion bits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 157,938 bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The Vines's heavy congestion charges are the bane of motorists' lives, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Fuchsia Rose to meetings with foreign heads of state, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, and demand for night vision goggles and boat engine mufflers has spiked. Crime is totally unknown. The Vines's national animal is the Lernaean hydra, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
The Vines is ranked 4,514th in the world and 4th in Pony Realms for Most Cultured, scoring 176 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : The Vines was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Civil Rights.
- : The Vines's influence in Pony Realms rose from "Handshaker" to "Duckspeaker".
- : The Vines was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Civil Rights.
- : The Vines's influence in Pony Realms fell from "Duckspeaker" to "Handshaker".
- : The Vines was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Advanced Public Transport.
- : The Vines's influence in Pony Realms rose from "Handshaker" to "Duckspeaker".
- : The Vines was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Civil Rights.
- : The Vines was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Civil Rights.
- : The Vines was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Civil Rights.
- : The Vines was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Civil Rights.