The Democratic Republic of Karakova is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 210 million Karakovans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 17.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but inefficient Karakovan economy, worth 9.08 trillion Karakovis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,215 Karakovis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.
Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, war memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping, business owners return from long vacations to find their factories have been turned into homeless shelters, and traffic cops are puzzled to see that nobody exceeds the speed limits. Crime is totally unknown. Karakova's national animal is the Frog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Karakova is ranked 131,732nd in the world and 996th in Europe for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,802.4 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Karakova was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Following new legislation in Karakova, traffic cops are puzzled to see that nobody exceeds the speed limits.
- : Following new legislation in Karakova, business owners return from long vacations to find their factories have been turned into homeless shelters.
- : Following new legislation in Karakova, war memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping.
- : Following new legislation in Karakova, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates.
- : Following new legislation in Karakova, engine room hooch is the drink of choice among the nation's navy.
- : Following new legislation in Karakova, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight.
- : Following new legislation in Karakova, local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother.
- : Following new legislation in Karakova, defense lawyers often argue there's no proof murder victims weren't vampires.
- : Following new legislation in Karakova, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates.
