Population | 8.272 billion |
Currency | Hekte |
Animal | Markhor |
The Republic of Townsvalley is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its smutty television, avowedly heterosexual populace, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.272 billion Citizens are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government prioritizes Administration, although Environment, Law & Order, and Healthcare are also considered important, while International Aid and Social Policy are ignored. The average income tax rate is 12.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The large but inefficient Townsvalleyian economy, worth 518 trillion Hektes 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, highly specialized black market in Retail, Tourism, 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 62,706 Hektes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The government has ordered a moratorium on referenda, former planespotters are dusting off long-abandoned anoraks, asthmatics can now suffer the effects of polluting chimneys from further away than ever before, and binoculars sales are at an all-time high. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Townsvalley's national animal is the Markhor, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Townsvalley is ranked 40,985th in the world and 2,251st in Balder for Most Cultured, scoring 74 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, binoculars sales are at an all-time high.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, asthmatics can now suffer the effects of polluting chimneys from further away than ever before.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, former planespotters are dusting off long-abandoned anoraks.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop.
- : Townsvalley's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Townsvalley's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, the government is cutting back on the number of political prisoners executed each year.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, corrupt Party bureaucrats are being voted out of office in overwhelming numbers.
- : Townsvalley was reclassified from "Psychotic Dictatorship" to "Authoritarian Democracy".