Posted September 20, 2013
==== Overview ====
Civil Rights: Good (62) [+2]
Economy: Struggling (8)
Political Freedoms: Excellent (70)
The Free Land of Gogan is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Doctor Marcin with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 911 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Healthcare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 53%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
Aeroplanes have been converted into housing units after all air travel was outlawed, referenda are held for every conceivable government action, smoking is banned in public areas, and students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas. Crime is totally unknown. Gogan's national animal is the Goglodyte, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Gog.
Gogan is ranked 668th in The North Pacific and 19,650th in the world for Smartest Citizens, scoring 24 on the Average Edu-tellignce® Test Score.
==== Issues ====
21 hours ago: Following new legislation in Gogan, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas.
The overview has been updated following the last decisions made.
The Great Wall of Gogan? (issue 190)
Due to the ongoing wars in neighboring countries, a recent rash of illegal immigrants have been caught at the borders of Gogan, prompting many citizens to call for tighter immigration laws.
1: Rebecca Spirit of the Gogan National Purity League says "These illegal aliens are just an eyesore with their strange customs and funny languages. Uneducated immigrants like these only worsen crime and steal valuable jobs! I say we should boot them all out on their ears and put a big fence around the country!"
2: Hope Li of the Gogan Civil Liberties Union says "We must welcome these refugees from any nation into our open arms, they are fleeing one oppressive dictatorial regime in the only way they know, we must not let them think they're jumping from the frying pan into the fire!"
3: "Hold on there, hold on people!" says Zack O of the Gogan Broadcasting company, "We don't have to take either extreme, all we have to do is make a TV game show out of it! We put deadly obstacles on the border and monitor it with television cameras! Those that make it across win freedom and citizenship, and those who don't, well, let's just say that our buzzards won't starve. We could call it 'Who Wants to be an Immigrant?'!"
==== Public announcement ====
Civil Rights: Good (62) [+2]
Economy: Struggling (8)
Political Freedoms: Excellent (70)
The Free Land of Gogan is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Doctor Marcin with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 911 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Healthcare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 53%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
Aeroplanes have been converted into housing units after all air travel was outlawed, referenda are held for every conceivable government action, smoking is banned in public areas, and students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas. Crime is totally unknown. Gogan's national animal is the Goglodyte, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Gog.
Gogan is ranked 668th in The North Pacific and 19,650th in the world for Smartest Citizens, scoring 24 on the Average Edu-tellignce® Test Score.
==== Issues ====
21 hours ago: Following new legislation in Gogan, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas.
The overview has been updated following the last decisions made.
The Great Wall of Gogan? (issue 190)
Due to the ongoing wars in neighboring countries, a recent rash of illegal immigrants have been caught at the borders of Gogan, prompting many citizens to call for tighter immigration laws.
1: Rebecca Spirit of the Gogan National Purity League says "These illegal aliens are just an eyesore with their strange customs and funny languages. Uneducated immigrants like these only worsen crime and steal valuable jobs! I say we should boot them all out on their ears and put a big fence around the country!"
2: Hope Li of the Gogan Civil Liberties Union says "We must welcome these refugees from any nation into our open arms, they are fleeing one oppressive dictatorial regime in the only way they know, we must not let them think they're jumping from the frying pan into the fire!"
3: "Hold on there, hold on people!" says Zack O of the Gogan Broadcasting company, "We don't have to take either extreme, all we have to do is make a TV game show out of it! We put deadly obstacles on the border and monitor it with television cameras! Those that make it across win freedom and citizenship, and those who don't, well, let's just say that our buzzards won't starve. We could call it 'Who Wants to be an Immigrant?'!"
==== Public announcement ====