The Rogue Nation of Coppertopia
"Our guns are bigger than your guns"
UN Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights: Rare
Economy: Imploded
Political Freedoms: Outlawed
The Rogue Nation of Coppertopia is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 5 million are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 60%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.
Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coppertopia's national animal is the tektite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the rupee.