The Republic of Touching Grass 14 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.944 billion Touching Grass 14ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 14. The average income tax rate is 71.0%.
The frighteningly efficient Touching Grass 14ian economy, worth 668 trillion 14s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 135,124 14s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.
Soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot are regarded as heroes, pop sensation "Jack and the Holograms" is storming the charts, trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, and meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Touching Grass 14's national animal is the 14, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Touching Grass 14 is ranked 28,950th in the world and 243rd in The Funian Puppet Region for Most Patriotic, with 45.32 flags saluted per person per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Touching Grass 14, meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions.
- : Following new legislation in Touching Grass 14, trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy.
- : Following new legislation in Touching Grass 14, pop sensation "Jack and the Holograms" is storming the charts.
- : Following new legislation in Touching Grass 14, soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot are regarded as heroes.
- : Following new legislation in Touching Grass 14, veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days.
- : Following new legislation in Touching Grass 14, appendix transplant figures have recently doubled.
- : Following new legislation in Touching Grass 14, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky.
- : Following new legislation in Touching Grass 14, the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction.
- : Following new legislation in Touching Grass 14, pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall.
- : Following new legislation in Touching Grass 14, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned.
