Libratonia
17-01-2006, 18:21
Thank you all for gathering here today.
I, Frederick J. Filibuster, do solemnly swear that I did not have an affair with that woman.
Oops. Wrong notes.
The CEOs and CFOs of Libratonia's finest companies have voted to join international politics. However, this means removing the Absurdium Force-Field that has protected our great country from prying eyes. Here is an account of the political and social stucture of Libratonia.
Government
Ever since the Great Dictatorship of 9 BC (Before Capitalizm), the Libratonian Government has been restricted to enforcing the current, pro-business laws. However, the largest corporations have effectively taken control of the country, to the point where Congress has been disbanded and the populace vote via binge-shopping. This works like so: The stores each display a message above their door, saying what they stand for. They each sell the same products, at the same price. Whichever proposition has made the greatest profit for their company by the end of the day is passed by the Libratonian Business Conglomerate, the little-known power behind the Government's figurehead.
Era/Technology
Libratonia is currently perfecting nanotechnology, as the last phase of Project: Phoenix, an Adidas-funded plan to colonise the system of Ankaa. The nanobots are the crucial stage, being the best thing to terraform any planets found orbiting Ankaa (telescopes are soooo 0.5 microseconds ago), and if there isn't a suitable candidate for terraforming, the nanobots can collect enough space dust to form a planet. Unfortunately, all the nanobots do at the moment is call themselves HAL Jr and sing about bicycles.
Research done by Magic:The Gathering has proved the existence of actual magic in Libratonia's section of the multiverse, allowing the LSS Phoenix to fly based solely on a piece of paper saying "Abracadabra, boom-ity-boom, laws physics, please make this ship ZOOM!". Various corporations have also recruited a few board-game geeks with knowledge of the arcane to turn all shoplifters into snakes (frogs get slime over the products), before teleporting them to a zoo-court.
Public Attitude
The public are quite friendly to the business-run state, partly as a result of income taxes and homeless people being abolished. More jobs open up every week, as former managers at Pennzoil magic crude oil deposits into existence under their country house in order to get even richer.
Mainly, though, they just fall victim to the subliminal message saying "I LIKE THIS COUNTRY", or a Fnord variation.
We welcome any suggestions on where our country may go from here, or even where we should put our starship. Please bear in mind, however, that the Phoenix IS heading for a place where the sun doesn't shine.
I remain, Frederick J. Filibuster, President of the Libratonian Business Conglomerate.
I, Frederick J. Filibuster, do solemnly swear that I did not have an affair with that woman.
Oops. Wrong notes.
The CEOs and CFOs of Libratonia's finest companies have voted to join international politics. However, this means removing the Absurdium Force-Field that has protected our great country from prying eyes. Here is an account of the political and social stucture of Libratonia.
Government
Ever since the Great Dictatorship of 9 BC (Before Capitalizm), the Libratonian Government has been restricted to enforcing the current, pro-business laws. However, the largest corporations have effectively taken control of the country, to the point where Congress has been disbanded and the populace vote via binge-shopping. This works like so: The stores each display a message above their door, saying what they stand for. They each sell the same products, at the same price. Whichever proposition has made the greatest profit for their company by the end of the day is passed by the Libratonian Business Conglomerate, the little-known power behind the Government's figurehead.
Era/Technology
Libratonia is currently perfecting nanotechnology, as the last phase of Project: Phoenix, an Adidas-funded plan to colonise the system of Ankaa. The nanobots are the crucial stage, being the best thing to terraform any planets found orbiting Ankaa (telescopes are soooo 0.5 microseconds ago), and if there isn't a suitable candidate for terraforming, the nanobots can collect enough space dust to form a planet. Unfortunately, all the nanobots do at the moment is call themselves HAL Jr and sing about bicycles.
Research done by Magic:The Gathering has proved the existence of actual magic in Libratonia's section of the multiverse, allowing the LSS Phoenix to fly based solely on a piece of paper saying "Abracadabra, boom-ity-boom, laws physics, please make this ship ZOOM!". Various corporations have also recruited a few board-game geeks with knowledge of the arcane to turn all shoplifters into snakes (frogs get slime over the products), before teleporting them to a zoo-court.
Public Attitude
The public are quite friendly to the business-run state, partly as a result of income taxes and homeless people being abolished. More jobs open up every week, as former managers at Pennzoil magic crude oil deposits into existence under their country house in order to get even richer.
Mainly, though, they just fall victim to the subliminal message saying "I LIKE THIS COUNTRY", or a Fnord variation.
We welcome any suggestions on where our country may go from here, or even where we should put our starship. Please bear in mind, however, that the Phoenix IS heading for a place where the sun doesn't shine.
I remain, Frederick J. Filibuster, President of the Libratonian Business Conglomerate.