And the income equality in Blaist Blaland is back from 195 to 199, kol. Due to ejecting the capitalists when I got the issue 'A Capital Idea':
16 hours ago: Following new legislation in Blaist Blaland, the words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence.
I also got the one that says "from each according to their ability, to each according to the available budget" a few days ago, which didn't affect the income equality, just for the record.
The economy also fell down to 99 for a few days, but building some glittering new sports stadiums got it back up to 200 yesterday.
Also kol at issue 39
The Issue
"Planning for the People," a popular new movement, has been holding protests all over the country after a recent crisis where the Economic Planning Committee accidentally sent 10 tonnes of teddy bears to a small town in dire need of wheat.
The Debate
"This has gone on long enough!" shouts the leader of the protest, Gregory Li. "While I am a patriot of our glorious Eternally Shining Sunlands, things are far from perfect. No-one wants to return our economy to capitalist exploitation, but something must be done about the bureaucratic mess that our country is in! Comrades, instead of centralized planning, we can have a democratically controlled economy! Finally we can achieve the socialist dream of workers' power!"
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"This is utter madness!" seethes Lara O, one of your most trusted economic planners. "The country would be in ruins without our central planning! Who ensures that everything runs smoothly? Sure we mess up sometimes, but hey, we are only human. Besides, we intended to send that town teddy bears. Hmm... yeah, we did intend it! Those teddy bears are edible, you know?"
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"More socialism? Have you all gone mad?" fumes foreign Tourism tycoon Nick Schultz, whose face is now turning blue with rage. "Violet save me! The government has no business telling me how to run MY business! The only real way to rebuild Snake Skytopia's anemic economy is to bring back capitalism. Privatize the really lucrative industries and cut everything else. Some shock therapy would do Snake Skytopia wonders."