The Sandrider of Fedaykin 48 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its public floggings, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.566 billion Fedaykin 48ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.1%.
The strong Fedaykin 48ian economy, worth 352 trillion Melange Units a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 53,725 Melange Units, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 197,123 per year while the poor average 10,364, a ratio of 19.0 to 1.
Sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, Fedaykin 48ian police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, and teachers regularly paddle unruly students. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Fedaykin 48's national animal is the Maker, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Fedaykin 48 is ranked 170,177th in the world and 263rd in Memeland United for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,038.19 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.
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Fedaykin 48 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
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Fedaykin 48, teachers regularly paddle unruly students.
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Fedaykin 48, Fedaykin 48ian police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests.
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Fedaykin 48, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists.
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Fedaykin 48, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming.
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Fedaykin 48, Coco the Clown has been elected to the nation's parliament.
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Fedaykin 48, glamping Fedaykin 48ians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi.
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Fedaykin 48, a recent political debate came to a quick close once the ruling party decreed it was "just plain silly".
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Fedaykin 48, newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names.
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Fedaykin 48, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates.