Population | 22.079 billion |
Capital | Reading |
Leader | JR Ewing |
Faith | Industrialism |
Currency | Lira |
Animal | Armadillo |
The Union of City States Nation is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by JR Ewing with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, unlimited-speed roads, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 22.079 billion City Staters 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 minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reading. Income tax is unheard of.
The frighteningly efficient City States Nationian economy, worth a remarkable 9,226 trillion Lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 417,872 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Government bureaucrats review designs for birdhouses to ensure they do not block the views of neighbors, interest rates mysteriously drop whenever the CBCSN Governor goes house hunting, polite commuters on the Reading Metro always let hurried workers off the train first, and harassed women are constantly hassled by guys who are "just giving them compliments". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. City States Nation's national animal is the Armadillo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Industrialism.
City States Nation is ranked 67,103rd in the world and 1,465th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.51 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, harassed women are constantly hassled by guys who are "just giving them compliments".
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, polite commuters on the Reading Metro always let hurried workers off the train first.
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, interest rates mysteriously drop whenever the CBCSN Governor goes house hunting.
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, government bureaucrats review designs for birdhouses to ensure they do not block the views of neighbors.
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, builders across City States Nation are blocked up with orders for new public loos.
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside.
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation.
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations.
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, teenage TV characters are played by thirty-year-olds by the end of the second season.
- : Following new legislation in City States Nation, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home.