Population | 14.435 billion |
Capital | Elathuria |
Currency | Brass Button |
Animal | Death Meadow Dragon |
The Most Serene Republic of Delight is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 14.435 billion Delightists enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elathuria. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Delightian economy, worth a remarkable 1,403 trillion Brass Buttons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is 97,216 Brass Buttons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne, people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, and cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Delight's national animal is the Death Meadow Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
Delight is ranked 288,029th in the world and 6,790th in the Rejected Realms for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.46 kickbacks per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Delight, cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry.
- : Delight endorsed The Power to Love of Tungstan.
- : Delight was endorsed by The Power to Love of Tungstan.
- : Delight was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Inclusive, Most Advanced Public Education, Most Developed, Most Influential, and Highest Food Quality.
- : Following new legislation in Delight, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage.
- : Following new legislation in Delight, people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating.
- : Following new legislation in Delight, political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne.
- : Delight endorsed The The Holy Republic of Regione Calabria.
- : Delight endorsed The Only C that Isn't a B of Mad Jack Is Rejected.
- : Delight endorsed The Socialist Kingdom of ECC Norway.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 25 » Falangist Quebec, New Anarchisticstan, Andromeda Islands, Saavir Yuvon, Lux Prima, Nadarena, Chocolatistan, Orcuo, Stralfcyde, Arctic Lands, Ignormus, Nation6, Rathesia, Europeasia, Elaribel, Angbhand, Dakota, Northern Estrian Islands, Moloto Japan, New French Nation, Llanfyrhall, ECC Norway, Mad Jack Is Rejected, Regione Calabria, and Tungstan.