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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 38thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,441stMost Valuable International Artwork: 3,788th
The Legend of
Moralistic Democracy
Baa
Influence
Apprentice
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Below Average

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Sheepy Hollow

Population8.628 billion

LeaderThe Sage
FaithAncestor Worship

CurrencyWool
AnimalGhost Shepherd

The Legend of Sheepy Hollow is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Sage with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.628 billion Sheeples are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sheepy Hollowian economy, worth 792 trillion Wools 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, extremely specialized black market in Trout Farming and Soda Sales. 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 91,807 Wools, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government is trying to clean up all the rubbish that has washed up on the shores of Bigtopia and Marche Noire, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, army doctors who come under attack defend themselves by using stethoscopes like nunchaku, and the fishing lobby has stemmed the tide of environmental regulations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sheepy Hollow's national animal is the Ghost Shepherd, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ancestor Worship.

Sheepy Hollow is ranked 7,704th in the world and 7th in Caer Sidi for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 2,139.53 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 38thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,441stTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 3,788thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 7,704thNudest: 9,445thLargest Black Market: 9,455thTop
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 14,659thMost Advanced Public Education: 16,864thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 17,161stMost Patriotic: 21,086thMost Corrupt Governments: 21,510thLargest Welfare Programs: 27,821stMost Subsidized Industry: 28,354th
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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 3rd in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 3rd in the regionTop
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Nudest: 5th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 5th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 6th in the regionMost Conservative: 6th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 7th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 8th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Sheepy Hollow was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Sheepy Hollow was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
  • : Sheepy Hollow was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending and Largest Black Market and the Top 10% for Most Patriotic and Most Advanced Public Education.
  • : Sheepy Hollow lodged a message on the Caer Sidi Regional Message Board.
  • : Sheepy Hollow lodged a message on the Caer Sidi Regional Message Board.
  • : Following new legislation in Sheepy Hollow, the fishing lobby has stemmed the tide of environmental regulations.
  • : Following new legislation in Sheepy Hollow, army doctors who come under attack defend themselves by using stethoscopes like nunchaku.
  • : Sheepy Hollow lodged a message on the Caer Sidi Regional Message Board.
  • : Sheepy Hollow lodged a message on the Caer Sidi Regional Message Board.
  • : Sheepy Hollow lodged a message on the Caer Sidi Regional Message Board.

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