The Colony of Cygnus 066 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.007 billion Cygnus 066ians 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 Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 29.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The strong Cygnus 066ian economy, worth 225 trillion Saiphs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,347 Saiphs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.
The government seizes corporate assets it deems 'scary enough', sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, and children in school playgrounds can be heard chanting the hymns of the Order of Violet. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cygnus 066's national animal is the Bellatrix, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Cygnus 066 is ranked 156,089th in the world and 7,480th in Lazarus for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Cygnus 066, children in school playgrounds can be heard chanting the hymns of the Order of Violet.
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Cygnus 066, medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters.
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Cygnus 066, sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes.
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Cygnus 066 was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Moralistic Democracy".
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Cygnus 066, the government seizes corporate assets it deems 'scary enough'.
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Cygnus 066, the army insists there is nothing gay about men in uniforms rolling in the mud.
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Cygnus 066, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship.
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Cygnus 066, supervisors in Cygnus 066 commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence.
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Cygnus 066, the term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning.
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Cygnus 066, government employees have reverted to carrier pigeon due to never-ending virus scans.