Population | 22.83 billion |
Capital | New York |
Leader | Bill Clinton |
Faith | Freedom |
Currency | 2k |
Animal | 2k |
The Distant Past of the Year of 2k is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Bill Clinton with a fair hand, and notable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 22.83 billion 2kians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.
The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, although Education is also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New York. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.1%.
The frighteningly efficient 2kian economy, worth a remarkable 3,746 trillion 2ks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 164,099 2ks, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.
Chalkboards are replaced with billboards in the classroom, governments opposing 2k are beset by rebels, women wear burqas to avoid unwanted male attention, and the government is outsourcing itself. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. 2k's national animal is the 2k, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Freedom.
2k is ranked 234,656th in the world and 7,389th in Lazarus for Most Stationary, with 23.15934628912 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : 2k's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : 2k's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : 2k was refounded in Lazarus.
- : 2k ceased to exist in Balder.
- : 2k's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : 2k's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : 2k was refounded in Balder.
- : 2k ceased to exist in The Cuckoos Egg.
- : 2k's influence in The Cuckoos Egg rose from "Envoy" to "Diplomat".
- : 2k was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Dead and Most Zombies and the Top 10% for Most Survivors.