General Assembly
Security Council
| Population | 20.008 billion |
| Capital | Voa |
| Leader | a Phoenix named Aslan |
| Faith | kombucha |
| Currency | gold |
| Animal | Phoenix |
The Paradise of Parenthos is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by a Phoenix named Aslan with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 20.008 billion Parenthians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized morass — prioritizes Education, with Environment, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Voa. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Parenthosian economy, worth a remarkable 4,533 trillion golds a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an amazing 226,595 golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.
Juries deliberate more than magic 8-balls, citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals, the new Really Big Telescope has been praised for presenting pictures of bright dots in unprecedented detail, and banning party poppers has been a real party pooper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Parenthos's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is kombucha.
Parenthos is ranked 10,331st in the world and 201st in the South Pacific for Most Secular, with 93.36 Atheism Rate.
Endorsements Received: 175 » 
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Salessll, 
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Valemora, 
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Jabanos, 
Parieta, 
KaizrState, 
The Ribosome Coast, 
Holy Free, 
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The Two Jerseys, 
Kiasu-ism, 
Serdtgyu, and 125 others.
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National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Parenthos, banning party poppers has been a real party pooper.
- : Following new legislation in Parenthos, the new Really Big Telescope has been praised for presenting pictures of bright dots in unprecedented detail.
- : Following new legislation in Parenthos, citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals.
- : Following new legislation in Parenthos, juries deliberate more than magic 8-balls.
- : Following new legislation in Parenthos, it is illegal to have the wrong clock time showing on your microwave oven.
- : Following new legislation in Parenthos, the government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens.
- : Following new legislation in Parenthos, a breakdown in Westphalian sovereignty has left political scientists dazed and confused.
- : Following new legislation in Parenthos, other people's happiness is the biggest cause of Parenthosian unhappiness.
- : Parenthos was endorsed by
The Federal Republic of Originia.
- : Parenthos was endorsed by
The Free Land of Antifastaten.
