Population | 10.925 billion |
Capital | Flowerville |
Leader | The Purple |
Faith | Purple |
Currency | Petal |
Animal | Honey bee |
The Purple flowers of Purple 10 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Purple with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 10.925 billion Purple 10ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flowerville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80.4%.
The frighteningly efficient Purple 10ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,629 trillion Petals 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, 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 an amazing 240,723 Petals, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 749,042 per year while the poor average 59,482, a ratio of 12.6 to 1.
Babies are a small but significant export, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service, nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines, and the last thing Purple 10ian soldiers hear before charging into battle is a preacher trying to convert them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purple 10's national animal is the Honey bee, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Purple.
Purple 10 is ranked 3,856th in the world and 94th in Nerdlandia for Most Patriotic, with 82.69 flags saluted per person per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, the last thing Purple 10ian soldiers hear before charging into battle is a preacher trying to convert them.
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines.
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service.
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, babies are a small but significant export.
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, the country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions.
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, money can't buy love but mercy is entirely negotiable.
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews.
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy'.
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people.
- : Following new legislation in Purple 10, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental.