Population | 16.765 billion |
Capital | Ellipse |
Leader | Klaatu |
Faith | Gaianism |
Currency | Gort |
Animal | human-grey hybrid |
The Human-Grey Hybrid Union of Benevolent 50 is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Klaatu with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 16.765 billion Benevolents 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ellipse. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The large but sluggish Benevolent economy, worth 581 trillion Gorts 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. 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 34,694 Gorts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, government programs are less "written" and more "plagiarised", and in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Benevolent 50's national animal is the human-grey hybrid and its national religion is Gaianism.
Benevolent 50 is ranked 166,657th in the world and 2nd in BENEVOLENT EMPIRE for Most Stationary, with 112.34459476608 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Benevolent 50's influence in BENEVOLENT EMPIRE rose from "Page" to "Squire".
- : Following new legislation in Benevolent 50, in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare.
- : Following new legislation in Benevolent 50, government programs are less "written" and more "plagiarised".
- : Following new legislation in Benevolent 50, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums.
- : Following new legislation in Benevolent 50, returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion.
- : Benevolent 50's influence in BENEVOLENT EMPIRE rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
- : Benevolent 50's influence in BENEVOLENT EMPIRE rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
- : Benevolent 50's influence in BENEVOLENT EMPIRE rose from "Zero" to "Sprat".
- : Benevolent 50 relocated from Balder to BENEVOLENT EMPIRE.
- : Benevolent 50 was refounded in Balder.