Population | 24.489 billion |
Capital | Saltlandia |
Leader | Tim Stark |
Faith | Salt |
Currency | Denarius |
Animal | Fishmonger |
The Cinder and Smoke of Tim Stark is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Tim Stark with an even hand, and notable for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 24.489 billion Saltians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saltlandia. The average income tax rate is 80.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The powerhouse Tim Starkian economy, worth a remarkable 1,581 trillion Denarii a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Cheese Exports. Average income is 64,598 Denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Most of the population has had bad experiences with hoes, burial ceremonies have become as routinised as tax forms, government officials are held to the highest standard of morality, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tim Stark's national animal is the Fishmonger, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Salt.
Tim Stark is ranked 260,892nd in the world and 49th in The Frontier for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 12,855.09 Standard Monetary Units.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Tim Stark was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential, Highest Foreign Aid Spending, and Most Valuable International Artwork and the Top 10% for Most Beautiful Environments and Most World Assembly Endorsements.
- : Tim Stark's influence in The Frontier rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Superpower".
- : Tim Stark relocated from Osiris to The Frontier.
- : Tim Stark was refounded in Osiris.
- : Tim Stark ceased to exist in The Frontier.
- : Tim Stark was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.
- : Tim Stark was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Beautiful Environments.
- : Tim Stark was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
- : Tim Stark was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Beautiful Environments.
- : Tim Stark was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.