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Hogsweat

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Motto: "The Motherland Protects"
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Region	Haven
Capital	Dorsalgrad
Official Language(s)	Hogsweatian, English, Russian, Chinese
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Population	4.343 billion (11 September '05)
Currency	Hogsweatian Pound
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Valiant Commonwealth of Hogsweat

HOGSWEAT was deleted for reasons that he does not believe are valid. That is the end of the matter.

The ValiantCommonwealth of Hogsweat is a massive, devout, economically powerful, safe, nation, renowned for it's compulsory military service and lack of prisons and remarkable for its devotion to social welfarel. Its hard-nosed population of 4.545 billion 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 Defence, Social Welfare, and Social Equality. The average income tax rate is 100%. There is no private sector, due to high sector taxes, but it is building steadily and stubbornly.

Sea Lions are becoming popular in pet stores nationwide, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, organ donation is compulsory, and Hogsweat's army is full of 2 metre tall super-soldiers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hogsweat's national animal is the Sea Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Pound, with a conversion rate of FHP1 to USD1.7048

The nation of Hogsweat was deleted on October 15, 2005 for attempting to refound the region of Haven

Motherlandism - A breakdown of Hogsweat

Introduction to Motherlandism

Motherlandism is, to put it quite simply, a form of government whereby the Motherland takes presidence over a God, so to speak. (Note the fatherland can also be used) The Motherland is refered too in the same way that a deity or a king would be. For example, Hogsweatian curse; "Sacred Motherland" In contrast to "Jesus Christ" which both basically mean holy shit that's a BIG gun.

From a dictionary:

A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single parliament of approximately five thousand individuals, and a single political party holds power, representing the motherland and dictating it's orders over the citizens of the motherland. The motherland, while not being an actual person, is often personified as being great, glorious, without fault, etc. The Motherland is like a deity to the people so highly indoctrinated in Motherlandism. People give their lives for the Motherland, like they do for their religion. There is extreme cases of Nationalism and Patriotism in Motherlandism, although, Motherlandism promotes racial and class equality as "Wherever you were born, in whatever kind of hospital, everyone is a child of the Motherland and is therefore all treated equally and without bias."

Motherlandism is incredibly anti capitalistic and imperialistic, saying that Capitalism "...leeches off the people of the Motherland and the Motherland itself, ripping it apart at its seams while selling it's natural resources to greedy nations to make profit for oneself, and betterment for oneself, not others and the Motherland." <p>Imperialism "...dictates to capture the Motherland and enslave it and it's people. This MUST not happen, no foreign soldier must step one foot over our sacred borders!"

Motherlandism claims that “[Fascism]… is an evil that must necessarily be eradicated.. Fascism seeks to overwhelm the dictatorship of the people, the people of the Motherland, and replace them with one leader that does not seek to further the betterment of others and the Motherland.”

Motherlandism shows that it is necessary to have a strong military and economy to “…Protect the Motherland from fascist, capitalist, and imperialist foreign invaders that would wish to separate sacred Motherland from it’s people. It is imperative that the fascist menace that looms over our world is defeated so that the holy soil of our Motherland remains intact forevermore; the only way for this to happen is to have a strong military and an economy that will never drop beyond levels that would cause absolute poverty to the Motherland.”

Common Motherlandism Slogans

• ”The Motherland is of utmost importance!”
• “Forwards, for the Motherland!”
• “Drive the Fascist invader from our Motherland! (wartime only)
• The Motherland watches over our endeavours, socialist people be inspired to acts of further economy heroism!” (from a famous propaganda poster)
• “The Motherland provides!”
• “The Motherland protects!”

Most, if not all, of these represent the need for the Motherland to be protected and it’s standards to be upheld; and also the fact that the Motherland is the one thing that everyone needs, just as much as oxygen and water and food. The Motherland is the living, breathing soul, of the country.

Motherlandism Justice

Motherlandism also integrates a harsh judicial system based upon ones actions. The statement that "Everyone is Equal" is not entirely true in Motherlandism; Motherlandism prefers to agree that everyone is born equal and is treated equal until their actions prove so - for example a murderer has proved that he is not worthy of being treated equal because he cannot treat others equally. Incidentally, Murder leads to a instant death sentence. The sentence is mostly commited by shooting or gas chamber.

The highest five sentences, and the only ones that one can be executed for, are listed here in order; 1st being the worst.

1. ) Traitor to the Motherland
2. ) Murder of a Motherland Citizen
3. ) Race, Class, Religious hatred crime
4. ) Huge profiteering
5. ) Drug dealings

Motherlandism Economy

Motherlandism’s Economic Policy dictates a collective economy where any business employing over fourteen persons over working age. Say a factory employs thirty people, some in management, some in production, and some in distribution, at the end of the week the entire earnings of the factory is put together and distributed equally to all the members of the factory. Although there is a manager of the company, he only directs the company, and receives only as much profit as the worker.

Motherlandism’s trade policies are something similar to free trade, although it rather contradicts itself in that subsidies are constantly handed out to national businesses. Motherlandism is highly anti capitalistic, showing to it’s people that capitalism oppresses them for profit. Capitalists are seen as fat people with big hats that like to be surrounded by whores while the worker is working ten to fourteen hours a day honestly to feed his starving family with just enough bread, while the capitalist dips his loaf in caviar, even if this may not always be the case. There are no official statistics for production, as they are constantly changed, but it is thought 45-50% of businesses are mines, quarries, collective farms, or woodchipping stations, while nearly 65-70% of production is geared towards military. Resource gathering is heavily orientated around industrialisation like mines and quarries, rather than retail and others.

Motherlandism Health and Education

A work in progress...

Rankings: Updating every so often

• Hogsweat is ranked 19th in the region and 3,625th in the world for Fastest-Growing Economies.
• Hogsweat is ranked 6th in the region and 2,969th in the world for Most Devout Nations.
• Hogsweat is ranked 18th in the region and 3,277th in the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
• Hogsweat is ranked 22nd in the region and 12,929th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
• Hogsweat is ranked 32nd in the region and 101,149th in the world for Largest Information Technology Sector.
• Hogsweat is ranked 17th in the region and 81,851st in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens.

Budget: According to NS Economy

Economy

External Links

• MOTHERLANDISM :: A breakdown of Hogsweat ::
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