The Commonwealth of Pencah is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 845 million Patriots live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.
The tiny, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Harper's Ferry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.6%.
The frighteningly efficient Pencahian economy, worth 108 trillion Liberty Bonds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 128,839 Liberty Bonds, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.
A punitive tax has been placed on harmful emissions, Leader consults the market before choosing breakfast, the poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, and janitors and factory workers are often better educated than the bosses they work for. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Pencah's national animal is the Copperhead, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Pencah is ranked 21,060th in the world and 1,072nd in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 87 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Pencah was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Efficient Economies and Most Scientifically Advanced.
- : Following new legislation in Pencah, janitors and factory workers are often better educated than the bosses they work for.
- : Following new legislation in Pencah, the poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet.
- : Following new legislation in Pencah, Leader consults the market before choosing breakfast.
- : Following new legislation in Pencah, a punitive tax has been placed on harmful emissions.
- : Following new legislation in Pencah, the government recently relinquished its monopoly on the mail service.
- : Pencah's influence in Lazarus rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Pencah was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Publishing Industry.
- : Following new legislation in Pencah, bar brawls are an hourly occurrence.
- : Following new legislation in Pencah, patients often wonder which is more annoying: their excruciating pain or their doctor incessantly praying over it.
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