Population | 4.703 billion |
Capital | Jostal |
Leader | Harry Galhem |
Faith | N-A |
Currency | Jostbad Pound |
Animal | Jaktoko Cat |
The Republic of Jostbad is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Harry Galhem with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.703 billion Jostbadians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jostal. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Jostbadian economy, worth 474 trillion Jostbad Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,915 Jostbad Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.
International tensions are high as Jostbad threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, government projects are full of waste, children asking questions about science are referred to relevant sections in religious texts, and people often feel unbalanced by their daily commute. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jostbad's national animal is the Jaktoko Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is N-A.
Jostbad is ranked 294,457th in the world and 24th in New Chesapeake for Most Stationary, with 1.250520033 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Jostbad's influence in New Chesapeake rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
- : Jostbad's influence in New Chesapeake rose from "Zero" to "Shoeshiner".
- : Jostbad lodged a message on the New Chesapeake Regional Message Board.
- : Jostbad relocated from Lazarus to New Chesapeake.
- : Jostbad changed its national currency to "Jostbad Pound", its leader to "Harry Galhem", and its nation type to "Republic".
- : Jostbad was refounded in Lazarus.
- : Jostbad ceased to exist in United Kingdom.
- : Jostbad's influence in United Kingdom rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
- : Jostbad was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
- : Jostbad lodged a message on the United Kingdom Regional Message Board.