Population | 735 million |
Capital | Abraskam |
Currency | Balkas |
Animal | Cachorro caramelo |
The Dictatorship of Balkira is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, disturbing lack of elderly people, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 735 million Balkirans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Abraskam. The average income tax rate is 59.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but inefficient Balkiran economy, worth 38.0 trillion Balkas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 51,714 Balkas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Gossip magazines have been replaced by mask catalogs, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, and an increasing number of citizens believe the world is flat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Balkira's national animal is the Cachorro caramelo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.
Balkira is ranked 211,706th in the world and 420th in A Taco Paradise for Most Beautiful Environments, with 454.45 pounds of wildlife per square mile.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Balkira was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
- : Following new legislation in Balkira, an increasing number of citizens believe the world is flat.
- : Following new legislation in Balkira, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone.
- : Following new legislation in Balkira, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards.
- : Following new legislation in Balkira, gossip magazines have been replaced by mask catalogs.
- : Balkira was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
- : Following new legislation in Balkira, the nation's water should not be ingested while operating heavy machinery.
- : Following new legislation in Balkira, any girl that shows an interest in Lego is pressured to study engineering.
- : Following new legislation in Balkira, biker gangs and fashionistas are converting to Violetism en masse.
- : Following new legislation in Balkira, students learn how to disarm mines before understanding basic arithmetic.
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: 5 » Solsevara, Penguindon, Mark, Myeri, and Tramolvalnia.