The People's Republic of Pothole Island is a small, orderly nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 45 million Pothole Islanders are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 31.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but underdeveloped Pothole Islandian economy, worth 1.94 trillion Final Fantasy 7 Disc 3s 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, broadly diversified black market in Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Information Technology. 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 43,085 Final Fantasy 7 Disc 3s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.
Foreign heads of state have taken out restraining orders against Pothole Islandian ambassadors, photographers have to apply for a license to photograph Leader, the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework, and schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pothole Island's national animal is the Chocobo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Pothole Island is ranked 208,851st in the world and 127th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Primitive, scoring -88.03 on the Scary Big Number Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Pothole Island was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.
- : Pothole Island's influence in The Leftist Assembly rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Pothole Island lodged a message on the The Leftist Assembly Regional Message Board.
- : Following new legislation in Pothole Island, schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students.
- : Following new legislation in Pothole Island, the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework.
- : Following new legislation in Pothole Island, photographers have to apply for a license to photograph Leader.
- : Following new legislation in Pothole Island, foreign heads of state have taken out restraining orders against Pothole Islandian ambassadors.
- : Following new legislation in Pothole Island, people regularly disappear off the streets and all evidence of them is destroyed.
- : Following new legislation in Pothole Island, the first test of a good kindergartener is the quality of the sponge-baths they give.
- : Following new legislation in Pothole Island, the banshee wail foretells skies of death.
