Population | 5.163 billion |
Currency | Dead Axolotl |
Animal | Attack Helicopter |
The Colony of Shootlandia is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.163 billion Shootlandians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The strong Shootlandian economy, worth 400 trillion Dead Axolotls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is 77,617 Dead Axolotls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.
Polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Shootlandia, elected officials often serve for decades in a single term, and more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shootlandia's national animal is the Attack Helicopter, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Shootlandia is ranked 39,167th in the world and 1,039th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 78.05 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Shootlandia was endorsed by The Only C that Isn't a B of Mad Jack Is Rejected.
- : Shootlandia was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Corrupt Dictatorship".
- : Shootlandia was endorsed by The Free Land of ECC Norway.
- : Shootlandia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
- : Shootlandia was endorsed by The Jingoistic States of New French Nation.
- : Shootlandia endorsed The Desert Dweller Delegayte of Dakota.
- : Shootlandia was reclassified from "Corrupt Dictatorship" to "Father Knows Best State".
- : Shootlandia was endorsed by The United Socialist States of Elaribel.
- : Shootlandia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
- : Shootlandia was endorsed by The Federal Republic of Classified information.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 16 » New Anarchisticstan, Farrakhan, Chocolatistan, Falangist Quebec, TorNaGul, Orcuo, Arctic Lands, Nation6, Rathesia, Europeasia, Northern Estrian Islands, Dakota, Elaribel, New French Nation, ECC Norway, and Mad Jack Is Rejected.