Population | 45.176 billion |
Capital | Union of Love City |
Leader | Leader |
Currency | union |
Animal | Black Caique |
The Republic of Union of Love is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, anti-smoking policies, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 45.176 billion Union of Loveans 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Union of Love City. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Union of Lovean economy, worth a remarkable 7,661 trillion unions a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 an impressive 169,584 unions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, god-fearing citizens can be seen in prayer circles around the Big Max impact crater, biker gangs and fashionistas are converting to Violetism en masse, and The Pipe Bomb Makers' Pop-Up Book can be found in preschool libraries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union of Love's national animal is the Black Caique, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Union of Love is ranked 261,049th in the world and 132nd in Portugal for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 12,718.87 Standard Monetary Units.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Union of Love was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Beautiful Environments, Largest Black Market, Highest Economic Output, and Most Advanced Public Education and the Top 5% for Most Influential.
- : Union of Love voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Prosecutorial Discretion Act".
- : Following new legislation in Union of Love, The Pipe Bomb Makers' Pop-Up Book can be found in preschool libraries.
- : Following new legislation in Union of Love, biker gangs and fashionistas are converting to Violetism en masse.
- : Following new legislation in Union of Love, god-fearing citizens can be seen in prayer circles around the Big Max impact crater.
- : Following new legislation in Union of Love, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts.
- : Following new legislation in Union of Love, visitors to Graffiti Warrens National Park are offered a complimentary tetanus vaccination.
- : Union of Love voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Declaration on Griefing".
- : Union of Love voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Pre-Packaged Food Labels".
- : Following new legislation in Union of Love, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 11 » Alentejo and Algarve, Herya, Totaristan, Ofiussia, Nea Athinae, Nookie Island, Reino de Portvgal, Olarista, Caxina, Grijo, and Ossela.