Population | 9.06 billion |
Currency | guilder |
Animal | tiger |
The Republic of You 18 is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 9.06 billion You 18ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 44.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The You 18ian economy, worth 492 trillion guilders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,383 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.
Returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers, and a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. You 18's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
You 18 is ranked 235,352nd in the world and 853rd in Dead Sea for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -6.32 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in You 18, a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger.
- : Following new legislation in You 18, soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers.
- : Following new legislation in You 18, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion.
- : Following new legislation in You 18, returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion.
- : Following new legislation in You 18, corporations claim the third ounce of any metal traded in a wicker-cone on the Sunday of a full moon as a charitable expense.
- : You 18 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Nicest Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in You 18, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally.
- : Following new legislation in You 18, the government seizes the property of the recently deceased.
- : Following new legislation in You 18, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards.
- : Following new legislation in You 18, private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots.