My country:
The Mind of Daftness
"We're almost positive we know what we are doing..maybe."
UN Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
Civil Rights: Good Economy: Powerhouse Political Freedoms: Good
Location: new north pacific
The Mind of Daftness is a huge, devout nation, notable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its compassionate population of 577 million 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.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 61%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.
Military spending is on the increase, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, the government is avowedly secular, and wood peckers have more rights than the average citizen. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Daftness's national animal is the wood pecker, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the cow chip.
