Population | 32.2 billion |
Capital | The Slum |
Leader | The Dude |
Faith | Apatheism |
Currency | mighty bean |
Animal | squirrel |
The Couch-dwelling Doldrums of Torpidity is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Dude with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, humorless population of 32.2 billion Torpitians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Slum. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.
The frighteningly efficient Torpid economy, worth an astonishing 32,224 trillion mighty beans 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. 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 a breathtaking 1,000,749 mighty beans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, survivors receive aid from only the most environmentally-friendly transport, and the endangered saltwater humpback squirrel is only seen in captivity programs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Torpidity's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Apatheism.
Torpidity is ranked 4th in the world and 1st in Bree for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 52,720.88 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Torpidity, the endangered saltwater humpback squirrel is only seen in captivity programs.
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Torpidity, survivors receive aid from only the most environmentally-friendly transport.
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Torpidity, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times.
- : Following new legislation in
Torpidity, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose.
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Torpidity, hostage-takers offer loyalty scheme points for prompt payment.
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Torpidity, every worker receives exactly the same pay regardless of productivity.
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Torpidity, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time.
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Torpidity, the 'no-coal' transition is being paid for in slashed student support funds.
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Torpidity, court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point.
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Torpidity, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept.