Population | 18.329 billion |
Leader | President Desidério Arkes |
Faith | a major religion |
Currency | Afoire |
Animal | flying-fox |
The People's Republic of Zetesiby is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by President Desidério Arkes with an iron fist, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 18.329 billion Zetesibyians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.9%.
The powerhouse Zetesibyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,110 trillion Afoires 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 large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Soda Sales, Retail, 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 60,593 Afoires, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.
Children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer, traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, and unpopular politicians are often caught between a rock and a hard place. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zetesiby's national animal is the flying-fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is a major religion.
Zetesiby is ranked 343,290th in the world and 123rd in The Union of Democratic States for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -17.25 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Zetesiby, unpopular politicians are often caught between a rock and a hard place.
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Zetesiby, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements.
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Zetesiby, traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways.
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Zetesiby, children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer.
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Zetesiby, academics are questioning the quality of the nation's newly-reprinted science textbooks.
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Zetesiby, people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more.
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Zetesiby, fish with fish chips have become the new Zetesibyian food staple.
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Zetesiby, overly distant dads are conscripted into national nappy service.
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Zetesiby was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
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Zetesiby, students learn how to disarm mines before understanding basic arithmetic.