Population | 6.041 billion |
Capital | Manhattan |
Leader | Lao Shi |
Faith | Cards |
Currency | dollar |
Animal | dove |
The Loving Couple of -IShipIt- is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Lao Shi with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, compulsory military service, and compulsory vegetarianism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.041 billion -IShipIt-ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Manhattan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.0%.
The frighteningly efficient -IShipIt-ian economy, worth 757 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,325 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 360,356 per year while the poor average 34,639, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.
The nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, executions are marked by quiet dignity and maybe a final round or two of whist, 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the -IShipIt-ian Space Agency, and gossip magazines have been replaced by mask catalogs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -IShipIt-'s national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cards.
-IShipIt- is ranked 43,663rd in the world and 4th in The Democratika for Most Stationary, with 1,017.6520570356 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, gossip magazines have been replaced by mask catalogs.
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the -IShipIt-ian Space Agency.
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, executions are marked by quiet dignity and maybe a final round or two of whist.
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air.
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, boot polish is the favourite lip gloss of entry-level corporate workers.
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, songwriters compete to see who can come up with the most blasphemous lyrics.
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, the only thing that can pin down a "superhero" is red tape.
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, one-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses.
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, class action lawsuits have gone up in smoke thanks to government interference.
- : Following new legislation in -IShipIt-, Widow Twankey complains about being "cancelled".