The Guitarist of Earl Quake is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 3.201 billion Earl Quakeans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.5%.
The strong Earl Quakean economy, worth 192 trillion golds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 60,086 golds, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.
The navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world, people's charity begins and ends at home, and orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Earl Quake's national animal is the grail.
Earl Quake is ranked 136,304th in the world and 269th in The Blades for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.26 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Earl Quake, orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step.
- : Following new legislation in Earl Quake, people's charity begins and ends at home.
- : Following new legislation in Earl Quake, the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world.
- : Following new legislation in Earl Quake, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust.
- : Following new legislation in Earl Quake, lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work.
- : Earl Quake was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
- : Following new legislation in Earl Quake, phenotypic plasticity is a struggle for sealife in polluted waters.
- : Following new legislation in Earl Quake, Earl Quakean dissenters are begging human rights groups to ignore them.
- : Following new legislation in Earl Quake, the studies of art and philosophy are banned.
- : Following new legislation in Earl Quake, the government seizes all major gold finds.
