The Reignreich of Stonestein is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Rey Gordo with an iron fist, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.497 billion Stonesteiners are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Citystadt. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Stonesteiner economy, worth a remarkable 4,643 trillion boulders 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. 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 a breathtaking 619,352 boulders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The police have been swamped with requests to stay up past bedtime, ghost regiments exist only on paper, the government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins, and 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stonestein's national animal is the stonefish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.
Stonestein is ranked 238,121st in the world and 12th in TopCornion for Most Politically Free, scoring 0.57 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.
National Happenings
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Stonestein, 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days'.
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Stonestein, the government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins.
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Stonestein, ghost regiments exist only on paper.
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Stonestein, the police have been swamped with requests to stay up past bedtime.
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Stonestein, schoolchildren must pass a six-month Ethics and Safety Committee Assessment before they are allowed to mix baking soda and vinegar.
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Stonestein, all artwork is carefully screened for offensive material.
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Stonestein, Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion.
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Stonestein, modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes.
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Stonestein, there is no such thing as an innocent fling in the Stonesteiner military.
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Stonestein, everyone apparently sends Rey Gordo hair-filled lockets, offers to die heroically, and poetic desires to co-parent a child.