The Armed Republic of Starship Jerusalem is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.802 billion Starship Jerusalemians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 25.6%.
The Starship Jerusalemian economy, worth 128 trillion forks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,587 forks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.
Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, wanting a better life for your child is prohibited by a clause in the criminal code, and the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starship Jerusalem's national animal is the Militarized Penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.
Starship Jerusalem is ranked 248,851st in the world and 4,697th in eta for Most Developed, scoring 52.66 on the Human Development Index.
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Starship Jerusalem was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector.
- : Following new legislation in Starship Jerusalem, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep.
- : Following new legislation in Starship Jerusalem, wanting a better life for your child is prohibited by a clause in the criminal code.
- : Following new legislation in Starship Jerusalem, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list.
- : Following new legislation in Starship Jerusalem, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes.
- : Following new legislation in Starship Jerusalem, Leader is too busy listening to praise to get any work done.
- : Following new legislation in Starship Jerusalem, well-off serial killers write monthly checks to avoid jail time.
- : Following new legislation in Starship Jerusalem, the military has declared that 'a woman's place is in the mess hall'.
- : Following new legislation in Starship Jerusalem, pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security.
- : Following new legislation in Starship Jerusalem, bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index.