The Republic of Townsvalley is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 8.534 billion Citizens 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 Administration, with Education, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Industry and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Newlands. The average income tax rate is 20.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Townsvalleyian economy, worth 758 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, quite specialized black market in Retail, Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. 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 88,894 Hektes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, studio executives abandon tragic stories of star-crossed lovers because "it's been done", and social networking sites have discussion groups devoted to planning terrorist attacks. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive. Townsvalley's national animal is the Markhor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Townsvalley is ranked 284,214th in the world and 6,264th in The North Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 5.12 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Townsvalley, social networking sites have discussion groups devoted to planning terrorist attacks.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, studio executives abandon tragic stories of star-crossed lovers because "it's been done".
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, the nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, the horniness of the great-horned Markhor is considered a national priority.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, statistics show that terrorists often come from broken families.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, the nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs.
- : Following new legislation in Townsvalley, commuters and their desktops both bemoan their hard drives.
