Population | 47.068 billion |
Capital | Kytum |
Leader | Polgara |
Currency | ducat |
Animal | peacock |
The Banana Bread Provider of Erastide is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Polgara with an even hand, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, irreverence towards religion, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful population of 47.068 billion Erastideans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kytum. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.
The enormous but sluggish Erastian economy, worth a remarkable 2,286 trillion ducats a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 48,583 ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves, kindergartners love the free balloons that their schools give them, educators and parents alike are allowing children to view the internet again after violent videos were purged, and prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erastide's national animal is the peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Erastide is ranked 112,775th in the world and 2nd in Lemuria for Most Conservative, scoring 63.08 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Erastide's influence in Lemuria rose from "Zero" to "Power".
- : Erastide relocated from The North Pacific to Lemuria.
- : Erastide was struck by a Mk V (Cauterizer) Cure Missile from The Salty Dogs of Great Bights Mum, curing 269 million infected.
- : Erastide was struck by a Mk V (Cauterizer) Cure Missile from The Salty Dogs of Great Bights Mum, curing 451 million infected.
- : Erastide was struck by a Mk V (Cauterizer) Cure Missile from The Salty Dogs of Great Bights Mum, curing 626 million infected.
- : Erastide was struck by a Mk V (Cauterizer) Cure Missile from The Salty Dogs of Great Bights Mum, curing 442 million infected.
- : Erastide was struck by a Mk V (Cauterizer) Cure Missile from The Salty Dogs of Great Bights Mum, curing 712 million infected.
- : Erastide was struck by a Mk V (Cauterizer) Cure Missile from The Salty Dogs of Great Bights Mum, curing 912 million infected.
- : Erastide was struck by a Mk III (Purifier) Cure Missile from The Kingdom of Fries 2, curing 29 million infected.
- : Erastide was struck by a Mk III (Purifier) Cure Missile from The Kingdom of Fries 2, curing 20 million infected.