NationStates Jolt Archive

Government

Country name:
conventional long form: Pest Control Company of Roach-Busters
conventional short form: Roach-Busters

Government type:
Benevolent authoritarian dictatorship, headed by the Generalissimo

Capital:
RB City

Administrative divisions:
Azores, Botswana, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, East Timor, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Zimbabwe

Independence:
September 12, 1596

National Holiday
Liberty Day (June 2)

Constitution
August 19, 1990

Legal System
federal court system based on English common law; each state has its own unique legal system, all of which are based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts

Suffrage
20 years of age; universal

Executive branch
chief of state:President Generalissimo J.L. (since June 2, 1990); note- the President is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government:President Generalissimo J.L. (since June 2, 1990); note- the President is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the President

Legislative branch
bicameral Congress consists of the Senate (140 seats, 10 members elected by each state by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the House of Representatives (700 seats, 50 members elected by each state by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 1 May 2004 (next to be held May 2009); House of Representatives - last held 1 May 2004 (next to be held May 2009)

Judicial branch
Supreme Court (14 of the justices are popularly elected by each state to serve fifteen-year terms, while the Chief Justice is appointed for life by the President on terms of good behavior); Roach-Busters Court of Appeal; Roach-Busters Military Court; State and City Courts

Political parties and leaders
Patriot Party [Generalissimo J.L.]; Lefty Loosy Party [Seymour Schitt]; Warmonger Party [Donald B. McRaven]; Moderate Party [Morton Weldstan]; Cringing Coward Party [Timothy Farter]; Neoconservative Party [Norman Octavius]; Christian Democratic Party [Father Theodore Caulfield]

Political pressure groups and leaders:
NA

International organization participation:
ACE, Brothers in Arms, CAD, CDA, CEA, Circle Alliance, Conservative Collective, Evil Dictator’s Lounge and Gentleman’s Club, G6, Pacific Rim Alliance, RWC, SEATO, TBA, UNA, Who Gives a Damn About Human Rights Club, World Capitalist and Communist Consortium

Flag description: A cockroach in the center of a red circle, being crossed out by a diagonal red line

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Economy

Exchange Rate: 1 can of Raid = $1.8992
Gross Domestic Product: $80,274,331,530,333.92
GDP Per Capita: $41,636.06
Unemployment Rate: 2.59%
Consumption: $72,284,576,000,000.00
Government Budget: $8,628,609,837,120.00
Government Expenditures: $7,938,321,050,150.40
Goverment Waste: $690,288,786,969.60
Exports: $9,693,609,606,403.51
Imports: $9,642,175,126,220.00
Trade Surplus: $51,434,480,183.51

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People
Population
~ 1,935,000,000 (1 April 2005)

Age structure
0-17 years: 41%
18-59 years: 49%
60 years and over: 10%

Median age
total: 36.6 years
male: 35.2 years
female: 38.0 years

Population growth rate
2.5%

Net migration rate
8.5 migrants/1,000 population

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 78.73 years
male: 78.21 years
female: 79.15 years

Nationality
Noun: Roach-Busterian(s)
Adjective: Roach-Busterian

Ethnic groups
Caucasian or Indo-European 35%, Asian 30%, Black 20%, Other 15%

Religions
Christian-Protestant 30%, Buddhist 20%, Christian-Roman Catholic 28%, Christian- Other 11%, Atheist 3%, Muslim 1%, Other 7%

Languages (percentage of speakers in total population)
English (official language), Thai (official language), Tagalog, Indonesian, Shooban (spoken by slaves)

Literacy
definition: age 12 and over can read and write
total population: 96.5%
male: 96.0%
female: 97.0%

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