Population | 1.272 billion |
Currency | Valcadian Dollar |
Animal | Grizzly Bear |
The Republic of Valcadia is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.272 billion Valcadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 39.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The thriving Valcadian economy, worth 108 trillion Valcadian Dollars 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 Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. 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 85,652 Valcadian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valcadia's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Valcadia is ranked 157,499th in the world and 7,415th in Balder for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,423.68 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression.
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year.
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom.
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets.
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities.
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one.
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, movies depict muscle-bound women kicking down a titanium door to carry hysterical men to safety.
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, government employees have reverted to carrier pigeon due to never-ending virus scans.
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names.
- : Following new legislation in Valcadia, Valcadia City University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel.