Nation/United Kanter

Friday March 4 2016 - Latest Update

The Monarchy of United Kanter is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister David Han with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, compulsory military service, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.539 billion Kant'i's are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Spirituality, and Public Transport also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ludington. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kanteren economy, worth 413 trillion UK Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 116,736 UK Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over United Kanter, conspiracy theorists allege Ludington's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols, citizens who don't attend the nation's massive military parades tend to disappear overnight, and major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Kanter's national animal is the Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Christianity.