The Allied States of Ampersaa is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, enslaved workforce, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 447 million Ampersaans 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 large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.9%.
The strong Ampersaan economy, worth 28.4 trillion Mini Mints a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,498 Mini Mints, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.
Government-sponsored gallows are being erected by Violetist temples, high school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion, and the nation solves other countries' human rights problems with a generous dose of violence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ampersaa's national animal is the Poyo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Ampersaa is ranked 264,023rd in the world and 28th in Amperregion for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.71 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, the nation solves other countries' human rights problems with a generous dose of violence.
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion.
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, high school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate.
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, government-sponsored gallows are being erected by Violetist temples.
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security.
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, it is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away".
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, the army insists there is nothing gay about men in uniforms rolling in the mud.
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation.
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds.
- : Following new legislation in Ampersaa, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants.