Population | 9.889 billion |
Capital | Bombardier-Boeing-Airbus city |
Leader | Dan Havilliand |
Faith | Airplane Worship |
Currency | Engine |
Animal | Syrian Hamster |
The Flying Thingy of Planes is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Dan Havilliand with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 9.889 billion Planesians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bombardier-Boeing-Airbus city. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The all-consuming Planesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,104 trillion Engines a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 111,665 Engines, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating, rural children are told reading's important (for other people), and code enforcement officers circle wealthy Planesians like vultures. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Planes's national animal is the Syrian Hamster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Airplane Worship.
Planes is ranked 93,618th in the world and 1,426th in The North Pacific for Most Stationary, with 491.3188175002 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Planes was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Information Technology Sector.
- : Following new legislation in Planes, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Planesians like vultures.
- : Following new legislation in Planes, rural children are told reading's important (for other people).
- : Following new legislation in Planes, people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating.
- : Following new legislation in Planes, the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless.
- : Following new legislation in Planes, community organizers have given up going door to door because nobody is home.
- : Planes was struck by a Mk II (Sterilizer) Cure Missile from The Salty Dogs of Great Bights Mum, curing 198 million infected.
- : Following new legislation in Planes, loudmouthed journalists are given the chop.
- : Following new legislation in Planes, the government is funneling billions into Cape Planes following the shuttle crash.
- : Following new legislation in Planes, people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy.