Nation/Pradaslovakia

The Republic of Pradaslovakia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Mr S with an even hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, avant-garde cinema, and public floggings. The compassionate population of 1.082 billion Pradaslovakians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cardiff. The average income tax rate is 85.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Pradaslovakian economy, worth 91.6 trillion Roos a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,694 Roos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been reported, formerly fertile fields are being leached dry of nutrients by intensive farming, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, and remote-control hang-gliding scarecrows patrol the skies to keep songbirds from leaving the nation's borders. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pradaslovakia's national animal is the Shar Pei, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pradaslovakia is ranked 70,591st in the world and 36th in A Hole To Hide In for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,899.31 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.