Population | 13.819 billion |
Capital | Artemis City |
Leader | The Happy Man |
Faith | Happiness |
Currency | artem |
Animal | platypus |
The Free and Happy Republic of Artemizistan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Happy Man with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 13.819 billion Artemizistanis are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Artemis City. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Artemizistani economy, worth a remarkable 4,323 trillion artems 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 black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. 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 an amazing 312,839 artems, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Judicial torture is outsourced overseas, there's a lot of mouth-breathers about these days, commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains, and citizens are forced to donate blood once every three months. Crime is totally unknown. Artemizistan's national animal is the platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Happiness.
Artemizistan is ranked 22,368th in the world and 4th in The Chuckle Playground of Fun and Games for Most Stationary, with 1,519.8951383776 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, citizens are forced to donate blood once every three months.
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains.
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, there's a lot of mouth-breathers about these days.
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, judicial torture is outsourced overseas.
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police.
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution.
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, an extra hand on the leg will give a horse-and-a-half of lead in a hundred jiffies on seven furlongs.
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Artemis City to enjoy their national art.
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, army rations are served on silver platters.
- : Following new legislation in Artemizistan, vanity is the constant enemy of dignity.