The Queendom of April Stewart is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 761 million April Stewartians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 58.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but stagnant April Stewartian economy, worth 3.90 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 5,127 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, lines of trenches demarcate the nation's borders, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, and citizens select which government department gets their income tax dollars each year. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. April Stewart's national animal is the mouse.
April Stewart is ranked 223,920th in the world and 2,975th in Ambition for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 389.35 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
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April Stewart was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
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April Stewart created a custom banner.
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April Stewart's influence in Ambition rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
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April Stewart's influence in Ambition rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
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April Stewart's influence in Ambition rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
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April Stewart was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
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April Stewart, citizens select which government department gets their income tax dollars each year.
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April Stewart, same-sex marriages are increasingly common.
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April Stewart, lines of trenches demarcate the nation's borders.
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April Stewart, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of.