Population | 12.065 billion |
Currency | Shiny Green Things |
Animal | Cow |
The Fiefdom of Steve Beshear is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, zero percent divorce rate, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, devout population of 12.065 billion Steve Beshearians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49.0%.
The Steve Beshearian economy, worth 577 trillion Shiny Green Things a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,904 Shiny Green Things, with the richest citizens earning 9.9 times as much as the poorest.
Former arsonists can be found on local fire brigades, prematurely retired barristers twitch in anxiety when they talk about their courtroom experiences, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, and the Navy has outraged the international community by sinking a boatload of refugees to prevent them reaching the shore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Steve Beshear's national animal is the Cow.
Steve Beshear is ranked 200,801st in the world and 148th in The Gallery for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.36 kickbacks per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, the Navy has outraged the international community by sinking a boatload of refugees to prevent them reaching the shore.
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations.
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, prematurely retired barristers twitch in anxiety when they talk about their courtroom experiences.
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, former arsonists can be found on local fire brigades.
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, artists are pillars of society.
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, fake designer clothes are shredded and burnt while many in the world don't have a shirt on their back.
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public.
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up.
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, brain injury is seen as a desirable outcome rather than a side effect of contact sports.
- : Following new legislation in Steve Beshear, copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper.