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pop pop pop watchin you mothaforgetas drop

Iron fist
Corrupt
Corporate
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Father knows best (ME)
Currupt
Father knows best
Father knows best
Father knows best

Is it sad that 9 of top 10 most authoritarian nations are some form of dictatorship?

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[Vegetarian Zombie]

I will admit this is a bump.

[Slugger]

Bump

Violet Jefferson, head of Norcook's chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous, says that drunk drivers need help. "Alcoholism is a nasty thing, a disease. The government has to help these poor souls to avoid the temptations of liquor, and wine, and beer, and hard cider, and brandy, and?" His eyes get a glazed far off look, "Where was I? Oh right, we have to help these people, not imprison them."


"That's lovely," says Jack Johnson, a noted anti-alcohol advocate, "In a perfect world where rehab fixes everything. But this is the real world, and it doesn't bring back the victims. Drunk drivers kill people every day. If they take other's lives, the government must take theirs!"


"All of those plans attack the symptoms, not the disease," says Minister of Transportation Colin du Pont, "Alcohol is a curse, a poison sent by the Devil to tempt mankind. We cannot trust people to make decisions for themselves. The only answer is prohibition. Ban alcohol completely."

3 extremes, jesus christ.

[Kearn]

The Issue
After a series of bloody wars between the nations of Maxtopia and North Bigtopia, fights have broken out in the streets between immigrants in Sythril who came from the warring nations.

The Debate
1."Foreigners are a major cause of civil disturbances," begins Jean-Paul Love, whose opinions form the book '101 Arguments FOR Slavery'. "What we should do is make all immigrants, foreigners, and non-native Sythril folks slaves! I mean, who in Sythril wouldn't like a minority slave group to do his bidding? Imagine! People could be bought and sold over the Internet!"



2."I am shocked and appalled at what my colleague is suggesting!" exclaims Jean-Paul Longbottom, President of the Civil Rights Union of Sythril. "Slavery? We should punish these offenders, yes, but send them to rehabilitation centres instead! As for the ethnic squabbles, programs in school should begin to stop these tribal attitudes in childhood! All it will take is some slight fortification to the education budget!"



3.A quiet old man stands up to speak. "Now, I may be a quiet old man, but I believe that these ethnic disputes are none of the government's business. It's not our war anyway, so it's not our problem. I'm sure if you leave it alone, it'll work itself out. Just think of the money that would be saved if the police don't have to be paid to deal with this!"



4."It's not our war? It's not our war?" cries (in)famous Sythril-born fascist Faith McAlpin. "Well maybe it's time it became our war! Sythril should take a more active, and by 'active' I mean 'hostile', role in international politics! This ethnic squabbling will be over when the war is over, and WE can end that war and purge the impure! Under One, an Empire! Sieg Sythril!"

[BobSevenSevens]

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Recently, medical insurance premiums across the nation have been skyrocketing following several highly-publicised medical-malpractice lawsuits, making it even costlier than ever to get treatment. Doctors are asking the government to step in.
The Debate

    "These lawsuits are driving up the price of medical insurance," complains Dr. Konrad Clinton. "I'm losing customers - patients, I mean - and it's becoming increasingly difficult for doctors like me to do our jobs without worrying about being bankrupted by some kid who didn't like the hospital food. Everyone makes mistakes. Look at politicians, they make them all the time and do they get fired? No. We must outlaw the medical-malpractice lawsuits undermining our healthcare system!"


    "All that these doctors are interested in is saving their own necks," says Chastity du Pont, CEO of 'I Can't Believe It's A Law Firm!'. "They were negligent in the course of their work and are unwilling to pay the price. I mean, how do you perform a heart transplant on the wrong guy unless you're not paying attention? I for one think that our citizens deserve better from the healthcare service, and if doctors cause damage, they should pay for it. It's that simple. If some decent doctors get caught up in it, then it's surely their own fault for not being careful enough?"


    "The problem is capitalism," insists Tobias Wong, while trying to burn a Metal with a lighter. "The doctors are only trying to help their patients, and those class traitors at the insurance industry are only trying to make a profit out of people's misery on those rare occasions when things go wrong. I say we outlaw the insurance industry and then the good doctors will be safe while the bad ones go out of business. Everyone wins! Apart from the insurance people, I guess."

   

    "The problem certainly is capitalism," says Stephanie Hamilton, a famed socialist. "But outlawing the insurance industry will not solve the main problem: the healthcare system itself! It's disgusting! I've seen paramedics check wallets before injuries! We must introduce a national health service and put some healthy investment into medical colleges, hospitals, and the likes. Then we'll have an over-abundance of competent doctors! The insurance industry won't be able to raise a finger to it and the citizens won't have to pay for treatment. Except through tax, of course."

[LizzyRascal]

Here's mine.

http://www.nationstates.net/nation=weird_banana_people

The Republic of Weird banana people is a fledgling, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. 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, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 51%, 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. Weird banana people's national animal is the Creeper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Monies.

[Kearn]

i got that one too bob lol

[Rainbow]

why is this on the 5th page god dangit

arise

[Vegetarian Zombie]

This is dying.

The Fiefdom of Vegzombia is a huge, devout nation, notable for its burgeoning Vegetarian Zombie population. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 247 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Religion & Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 45%, but much higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Book Publishing.

Vegzombia's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, and guns are banned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vegzombia's national animal is the Vegetarian Zombie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Leaf.

Vegzombia is ranked 32nd in The Land of Blockish Landscapes and 60,043rd in the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.

Bolded for forget YEAH.

[Rainbow]

bump

[Vegetarian Zombie]

I have having a badass navy

[Slugger]

Cabinet setup now shocky

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Public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people"

YOU ARE HAPPY!

Amidoinitright?

[james4115]

on the subject of organ donation:

"We remain critically short of blood plasma and various organs," says All-Knowingness One hospital administrator Roxanne Wall. "Especially hearts. A good heart is hard to find. But if we were allowed to pay for donations, we'd get more of them and could save more lives. Plus the donor takes home a few hundred Rocks in compensation. Unless it's a post-mortem donation, of course. In that case we'd pay the family."

thanks for the organ, here's some rocks

[DontCare4Free]

Make organ donation compulsory. It's not like the dead people need them anyway.