The Queendom of Cardmania90020 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 12.62 billion Cardmania90020ians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 11.4%.
The frighteningly efficient Cardmania90020ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,473 trillion 422s a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 196,011 422s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.
Prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls, a new guerrilla marketing campaign for tap water involves government agents spraying random citizens with hose water, the judicial branch is strongly influenced by major corporations, and the new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cardmania90020's national animal is the 42, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Cardmania90020 is ranked 178,138th in the world and 480th in Home Sweet 9003 for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,388.19 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Cardmania90020, the new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies.
- : Following new legislation in
Cardmania90020, the judicial branch is strongly influenced by major corporations.
- : Following new legislation in
Cardmania90020, a new guerrilla marketing campaign for tap water involves government agents spraying random citizens with hose water.
- : Following new legislation in
Cardmania90020, prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls.
- : Following new legislation in
Cardmania90020, money is being desperately pumped into the ruined economy.
- : Following new legislation in
Cardmania90020, tampons are used as cheap fishing bobbers.
- : Following new legislation in
Cardmania90020, Cardmania90020 has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories.
- : Following new legislation in
Cardmania90020, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation.
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Cardmania90020 was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes and the Top 10% for Most Armed.
- : Following new legislation in
Cardmania90020, returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion.