The Republic of Soamara is a large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 125 million Soamaris are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 51.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The Soamari economy, worth 5.80 trillion maras a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,408 maras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Concerned environmentalists wipe away their tears with tissues sourced from Tasmanian old-growth redwoods, school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time, superstitious folk make gestures to ward off evil whenever they see a refrigeration unit, and the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Soamara's national animal is the Eurasian Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Soamara is ranked 223,252nd in the world and 12th in Ieshus for Rudest Citizens, with 34.35 insults per minute.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Soamara, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass".
- : Following new legislation in Soamara, superstitious folk make gestures to ward off evil whenever they see a refrigeration unit.
- : Following new legislation in Soamara, school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time.
- : Following new legislation in Soamara, concerned environmentalists wipe away their tears with tissues sourced from Tasmanian old-growth redwoods.
- : Following new legislation in Soamara, the government is reining in public spending.
- : Following new legislation in Soamara, angry citizens complain that there isn't enough geographical diversity on the new banknotes.
- : Following new legislation in Soamara, grannies get pulled over for knitting pullovers while driving.
- : Soamara was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Primitive.
- : Following new legislation in Soamara, citizens wouldn't recognise Leader if they passed one another on the street.
- : Following new legislation in Soamara, Leader claims tax rises are the result of 'curses'.