The Republic of Squif is a mid-sized, genial nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, democratic population of 81 million Squifians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but stagnant Squifian economy, worth 1.16 trillion squids a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration and Uranium Mining. Average income is 14,272 squids, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt, it's a comma comma comma comma comma rebellion, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, and the treehouse in Snake Park is the tallest building in Squif. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Squif's national animal is the snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Squif is ranked 273,668th in the world and 14,587th in Lazarus for Highest Poor Incomes, with 13,866.31 Standard Monetary Units.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Squif was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Inclusive.
- : Following new legislation in Squif, the treehouse in Snake Park is the tallest building in Squif.
- : Following new legislation in Squif, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents.
- : Following new legislation in Squif, it's a comma comma comma comma comma rebellion.
- : Following new legislation in Squif, mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt.
- : Following new legislation in Squif, war is made in the name of love.
- : Squif was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cheerful Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in Squif, the Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on Squif.
- : Following new legislation in Squif, people with dyslexia are told to tough through it.
- : Following new legislation in Squif, people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy.