The Republic of Methyl Ethyl Ketone is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 12.38 billion Methyl Ethyl Ketoneans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 25.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Methyl Ethyl Ketonean economy, worth 662 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,489 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.
Knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags, travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air Methyl Ethyl Ketone flights to avoid the pay lavatories, suicide victims often leave behind cash to cover the cost of their fines, and soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers. Crime is moderate. Methyl Ethyl Ketone's national animal is the leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Methyl Ethyl Ketone is ranked 65,510th in the world and 505th in Artificial Solar System for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 469.02 on the Clooney Contribution Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Methyl Ethyl Ketone was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Primitive.
- : Methyl Ethyl Ketone was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens and the Top 10% for Most Primitive.
- : Following new legislation in Methyl Ethyl Ketone, soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers.
- : Following new legislation in Methyl Ethyl Ketone, suicide victims often leave behind cash to cover the cost of their fines.
- : Following new legislation in Methyl Ethyl Ketone, travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air Methyl Ethyl Ketone flights to avoid the pay lavatories.
- : Following new legislation in Methyl Ethyl Ketone, knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags.
- : Following new legislation in Methyl Ethyl Ketone, underage drinkers are dragged through the streets and put in the stocks.
- : Following new legislation in Methyl Ethyl Ketone, politicians accost strangers in the street to ask their problems.
- : Following new legislation in Methyl Ethyl Ketone, foreign lack of enthusiasm for Methyl Ethyl Ketonean nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli.
- : Following new legislation in Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Leader spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders.
