The Empire of Drago Destroyer 16 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The compassionate population of 3.348 billion Drago Destroyer 16ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The large but inefficient Drago Destroyer 16ian economy, worth 168 trillion Drago Dollars 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. 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 50,181 Drago Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings, academics are questioning the quality of the nation's newly-reprinted science textbooks, kids refer to anything below the neck as "the parts that shall not be named", and search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Drago Destroyer 16's national animal is the Cruise Missile, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Drago Destroyer 16 is ranked 78,980th in the world and 1,060th in the Rejected Realms for Nicest Citizens, with 15.51 average smiles per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Drago Destroyer 16's influence in The Rejected Realms rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
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Drago Destroyer 16's influence in The Rejected Realms rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
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Drago Destroyer 16 relocated from Ireniyav to The Rejected Realms.
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Drago Destroyer 16 was ejected and banned from Ireniyav by
The Principality of Nastres Oguan.
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Drago Destroyer 16's influence in Ireniyav rose from "Handshaker" to "Duckspeaker".
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Drago Destroyer 16 resigned from the World Assembly.
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Drago Destroyer 16's influence in Ireniyav rose from "Zero" to "Handshaker".
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Drago Destroyer 16 relocated from Suspicious to Ireniyav.
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Drago Destroyer 16 endorsed
The Republic of Capable Samurai.
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Drago Destroyer 16 was admitted to the World Assembly.