The Emirate of SweetPuppy is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, zero percent divorce rate, and enslaved workforce. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 4.049 billion SweetPuppyians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient SweetPuppyian economy, worth 733 trillion paws a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,271 paws, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.
Hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother, and builders across SweetPuppy are blocked up with orders for new public loos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SweetPuppy's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
SweetPuppy is ranked 128,449th in the world and 11th in Gardenia Botanicum for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 868.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : SweetPuppy was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Incomes, Most Patriotic, and Highest Poor Incomes and the Top 10% for Most Inclusive and Most Beautiful Environments.
- : SweetPuppy was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
- : Following new legislation in SweetPuppy, builders across SweetPuppy are blocked up with orders for new public loos.
- : Following new legislation in SweetPuppy, local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother.
- : Following new legislation in SweetPuppy, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem.
- : Following new legislation in SweetPuppy, hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments.
- : Following new legislation in SweetPuppy, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards.
- : SweetPuppy was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Governments.
- : Following new legislation in SweetPuppy, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks.
- : Following new legislation in SweetPuppy, dealers go from pushing drugs to pushing up daisies.
