Population | 26.079 billion |
Capital | The Tool Shed |
Leader | a balance of diligence and leisure |
Faith | tellurian |
Currency | dirt |
Animal | spade |
The Gardening Tool of A Spade is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by a balance of diligence and leisure with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 26.079 billion Spadeans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense, Public Transport, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Tool Shed. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The very strong Spadean economy, worth a remarkable 1,033 trillion dirts a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 39,616 dirts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.
Piracy is the nation's most popular pastime, military spending is on the increase, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, and the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. A Spade's national animal is the spade, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is tellurian.
A Spade is ranked 142,838th in the world and 5th in The Skeleton Army for Most Stationary, with 192.33055051948 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : A Spade was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth.
- : A Spade was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth.
- : A Spade's influence in The Skeleton Army rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
- : A Spade was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
- : A Spade was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors, Most Zombies, and Most Dead.
- : A Spade lodged a message on the The Skeleton Army Regional Message Board.
- : A Spade's influence in The Skeleton Army fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".
- : A Spade's influence in The Skeleton Army fell from "Powerbroker" to "Eminence Grise".
- : A Spade's influence in The Skeleton Army rose from "Sprat" to "Powerbroker".
- : A Spade lodged a message on the The Skeleton Army Regional Message Board.