The Republic of SCUBA Trooper 4 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working population of 1.409 billion SCUBA Trooper 4ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 19.0%.
The SCUBA Trooper 4ian economy, worth 76.0 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,956 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.
Major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on SCUBA Trooper 4ian roads, and internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SCUBA Trooper 4's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
SCUBA Trooper 4 is ranked 96,183rd in the world and 1,240th in eta for Safest, scoring 84.89 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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SCUBA Trooper 4 applied to join the World Assembly.
- : Following new legislation in SCUBA Trooper 4, internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be.
- : Following new legislation in SCUBA Trooper 4, pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on SCUBA Trooper 4ian roads.
- : Following new legislation in SCUBA Trooper 4, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental.
- : Following new legislation in SCUBA Trooper 4, major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason.
- : Following new legislation in SCUBA Trooper 4, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day.
- : Following new legislation in SCUBA Trooper 4, interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories".
- : SCUBA Trooper 4 was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Moralistic Democracy".
- : Following new legislation in SCUBA Trooper 4, photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Leader's bedroom.
- : Following new legislation in SCUBA Trooper 4, the new one Credit coin also makes a handy throwing-star.