The Cyan-Depleted Cartridges of Printer243 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its deadly medical pandemics, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 5.462 billion Printer243ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 84.1%.
The frighteningly efficient Printer243ian economy, worth 793 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 145,245 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.
People believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more, it is illegal to carry an umbrella when the official weather forecast predicts a sunny day, Leader will only ring up foreign leaders if they agree to reverse the charges, and the police use sound cannons and mortars to deal with loud parties. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer243's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Printer243 is ranked 229,230th in the world and 1,641st in Two for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 23,094.01 Standard Monetary Units.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Printer243 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed, Most Patriotic, Largest Black Market, Most Advanced Public Education, and Highest Average Incomes.
- : Printer243 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Conservative.
- : Following new legislation in Printer243, the police use sound cannons and mortars to deal with loud parties.
- : Following new legislation in Printer243, Leader will only ring up foreign leaders if they agree to reverse the charges.
- : Following new legislation in Printer243, it is illegal to carry an umbrella when the official weather forecast predicts a sunny day.
- : Printer243 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Cheese Export Sector.
- : Following new legislation in Printer243, people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more.
- : Following new legislation in Printer243, baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward.
- : Following new legislation in Printer243, photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls.
- : Following new legislation in Printer243, millions of simultaneously backfiring toilets have flooded Printer243 City with effluent.
