The Most Serene Republic of Air-made Quickwire is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, avant-garde cinema, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 999 million Air-made Quickwireans 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 minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 7.8%.
The Air-made Quickwirean economy, worth 26.0 trillion estrogens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,985 estrogens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.
The "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance, windows in Air-made Quickwire City don't have much of a view, many Air-made Quickwireans twitch nervously at the sight of nuns, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Air-made Quickwire in an international press conference. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Air-made Quickwire's national animal is the Double-Headed Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Air-made Quickwire is ranked 263,412th in the world and 1,313th in Incoherent Theming for Most Developed, scoring 51.37 on the Human Development Index.
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Air-made Quickwire, Leader has just been declared ruler of Air-made Quickwire in an international press conference.
- : Following new legislation in Air-made Quickwire, many Air-made Quickwireans twitch nervously at the sight of nuns.
- : Following new legislation in Air-made Quickwire, windows in Air-made Quickwire City don't have much of a view.
- : Following new legislation in Air-made Quickwire, the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance.
- : Following new legislation in Air-made Quickwire, wanting a better life for your child is prohibited by a clause in the criminal code.
- : Following new legislation in Air-made Quickwire, a typical peasant's life cycle leads from birth to the gallows.
- : Air-made Quickwire was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Moralistic Democracy".
- : Following new legislation in Air-made Quickwire, extreme hiring regulations mean a job in Air-made Quickwire is often a lifetime appointment.
- : Following new legislation in Air-made Quickwire, corporations claim the third ounce of any metal traded in a wicker-cone on the Sunday of a full moon as a charitable expense.
- : Following new legislation in Air-made Quickwire, eating kids as food has been enshrined in law.