“Strength through unity, unity through... secularism?” -President Lucinius Crasis
Overview:
The 1984 liberal version of Republican States of Oceania is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Lucinius Crasis with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.382 billion Oceanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Roma. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The very strong Oceanian economy, worth 96.3 trillion Oceanic Dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,654 Oceanic Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Politicians are losing their jobs in a plan to make the government 'leaner and fitter', parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, orphanages are closing their doors as the government forces parents to actually raise their children, and the government pours millions of Oceanic Dollars into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Republican States of Oceania's national animal is the Brown Rekolo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.