AdyLand

(from AdyLand's Factbook, Oct 19)

Formed as a Left-Wing Utopia, The Empire of AdyLand has been a NationState since September 2014, when it joined the Democratic Socialist Assembly, only to be transferred to the New Warsaw Pact a couple of days later. The capital city of AdyLand is Angelopolis.

Throughout the process of being a NationState; AdyLand was a Left-Wing Utopia, Democratic Socialist, Corrupt Dictatorship, a Father Knows Best State, Corrupt Dictatorship again, a Father Knows Best State again, an Inoffensive Centrist Democracy, and then a Capitalist Paradise. Now, AdyLand is a Inoffensive Centrist Democracy once again. Oh wait, now it's a Capitalist Paradise again.

AdyLand's total land area is 1,886,000 km². (same as Sudan's, for comparison)

• Retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites.
• Businesses have become paranoid as waves of lawsuits sweep the nation.
• The nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees.
• All artwork is carefully screened for offensive material.
• Frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security.
• Military barracks resemble five-star hotels.
• Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas.
• Scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Bear.
• Recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable.
• Members of Parliament are often found living in cardboard boxes.
• Record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been reported.
• A niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up.
• Soldiers are equipped with multi-million AdyPound battlesuits.
• It is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws.
• The nation's drinking water tends to glow green at night.
• Prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators.
• Foreigners are treated with great suspicion.
• An increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents.
• Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists.
• AdyLand's educational system is the envy of many and regarded as a pinnacle of academic achievement.
• The poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet.
• Copyright laws have been abolished.
• 'Abstinence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder' is a common school motto.
• Commuter vessels have trouble staying afloat due to increased passengers.
• Daisy chain gangs plant flowers and pick up litter.
• A typical fast food menu item could serve a small army.
• The streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars.
• Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes.
• The government pours millions of AdyPounds into rehabilitation programs annually.
• It's always rabbit season.
• Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates.
• Graffiti graces every city's streets.
• The government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid.
• Schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes.
• Children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet.
• The recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter.
• Drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government.
• Birth rates have hit an all-time low.
• Thousands of former welfare recipients are in a revolutionary uproar as the rest of society is enjoying a hefty tax break.
• Charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial.
• Motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
• Parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list.
• Fur coats have become the latest fashion trend.
• The Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy.
• Students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak.
• The importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age.
• Many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses.
• Elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume.
• All-natural foods are becoming a major fad.
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• Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police.
• The government is avowedly atheist.
• Divorce is illegal.
• Euthanasia is legal.
• Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes.
• Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes.
• Young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables.
• College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys.
• Bears are considered a delicacy.
• Citizens select which government department gets their income tax.
• The nation is ravaged by daily union strikes.
• There are no minimum wage laws.
• Meat is a luxury afforded only to the wealthy.
• The government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles.
• Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements.
• The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller.
• Marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home.

Peaks and low points

• Civil Rights peak: 80
• Civil Rights low point: 40

• Economy peak: 83
• Economy low point: 22

• Political Freedoms peak: 74
• Political Freedoms low point: 30