Population | 13.723 billion |
Leader | Doctor Darkness |
Faith | Voodoo |
Currency | bean |
Animal | bird |
The Republic of Island of Darkness is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Doctor Darkness with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 13.723 billion Islanders 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.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 87.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The Islander economy, worth 723 trillion beans a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, extremely specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 52,731 beans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Many say faith is a crutch for those who can't move forward, the Islander war navy contains an oddly large number of luxury yachts and cruise liners, all gamers have been drafted into the military despite their lack of upper body strength, and childhood friends of Doctor Darkness are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Island of Darkness's national animal is the bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Voodoo.
Island of Darkness is ranked 280,427th in the world and 6,760th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -11.49 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Island of Darkness was endorsed by The Gay Agenda of Tungstan.
- : Island of Darkness voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Repeal "Injunct Realm of the Whispering Winds"".
- : Island of Darkness was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements, Most Beautiful Environments, and Most Influential and the Top 10% for Largest Black Market.
- : Island of Darkness was endorsed by The Only C that Isn't a B of Mad Jack Is Rejected.
- : Island of Darkness was endorsed by The Free Land of ECC Norway.
- : Island of Darkness was endorsed by The Protectorate of Llanfyrhall.
- : Following new legislation in Island of Darkness, childhood friends of Doctor Darkness are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense.
- : Island of Darkness was endorsed by The Money of Stal Valley.
- : Island of Darkness was endorsed by The Jingoistic States of New French Nation.
- : Island of Darkness voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Prisoner Financial Rights".
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 26 » Buttia, Andromeda Islands, Farrakhan, Fragmented Spero, Nation of Urie, New Anarchisticstan, Razorback, Hyponichtmallieturam, Federated Ugasque Countries, Chocolatistan, Falangist Quebec, Himadras, TorNaGul, Nadarena, Orcuo, Arctic Lands, Nation6, Europeasia, Dakota, Northern Estrian Islands, Moloto Japan, New French Nation, Llanfyrhall, ECC Norway, Mad Jack Is Rejected, and Tungstan.