Population | 22.976 billion |
Currency | $$ |
Animal | Dolly Varden |
The Watchfires of W-berg is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, triple-decker prams, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 22.976 billion W-bergians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Administration, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.4%.
The very strong W-bergian economy, worth a remarkable 2,012 trillion $$s 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. 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 87,569 $$s, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 365,390 per year while the poor average 13,699, a ratio of 26.7 to 1.
Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, new "Worker's Strike" laws set out who is allowed to strike a worker, Leader's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site, and human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. W-berg's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
W-berg is ranked 2,695th in the world and 1st in Wolfsberg for Most Stationary, with 3,861.70586184 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : W-berg was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
- : W-berg was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
- : W-berg was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
- : W-berg was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
- : W-berg was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector.
- : Following new legislation in W-berg, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity.
- : Following new legislation in W-berg, Leader's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site.
- : Following new legislation in W-berg, new "Worker's Strike" laws set out who is allowed to strike a worker.
- : Following new legislation in W-berg, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town.
- : Following new legislation in W-berg, on-call doctors who check their pagers during movies are banned from cinemas for life.