The Republic of Nidonsalich is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Roman Herzog with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, parental licensing program, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.189 billion Nidonsalichians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dresden. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 76.8%.
The frighteningly efficient Nidonsalichian economy, worth a remarkable 2,388 trillion euros 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 Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 168,344 euros, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 489,661 per year while the poor average 45,785, a ratio of 10.7 to 1.
"Idol-Worship for the Apathetic" workshops are cancelled when no-one bothers to show up, depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, last minute own-goals raise the suspicious eyebrows of sporting authorities, and fitness to teach sport is proven by urinating the furthest up a wall. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nidonsalich's national animal is the cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Zeit.
Nidonsalich is ranked 2,931st in the world and 87th in The North Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 13,957.1 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Nidonsalich, fitness to teach sport is proven by urinating the furthest up a wall.
- : Following new legislation in Nidonsalich, last minute own-goals raise the suspicious eyebrows of sporting authorities.
- : Following new legislation in Nidonsalich, depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years.
- : Following new legislation in Nidonsalich, "Idol-Worship for the Apathetic" workshops are cancelled when no-one bothers to show up.
- : Following new legislation in Nidonsalich, you gots to be part of the Party to get in to the party.
- : Nidonsalich was reclassified from "Moralistic Democracy" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : Nidonsalich was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry and the Top 5% for Most Efficient Economies.
- : Following new legislation in Nidonsalich, the national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid.
- : Following new legislation in Nidonsalich, blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour.
- : Following new legislation in Nidonsalich, children are often observed making 'sand angels' in bunkers.
