Census in Your Nation!

[TurtleShroom]

Well, given that the United States Census is being distributed (just took it, had fun), I guess it's time to learn about your country and its methods of being Counted. Yes, I'm one of the few people in the country who still appreciate and willingly fill out the Census without paranoia.


Does your nation have a Census? How often is it taken? Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Does anyone head it (if that's notable)? Who appoints the Census Director, or is he/she elected? Where does the authorization for your census lie? Is it constitutional, by royal decree, by law, by military, by force, by threat, or is it voluntary, etc.? Is there a fine for not taking the census? How many people work in the Census? Are there personal enumerators, and do they carry tracking devices (such as GPS)?

Remember, your national page tells your population, so there must be some way of getting that number. Everyone has some sort of "census".

Also, please list what's on the actual formm, AKA the census questions.


Use the below form for describing your census, and please be specific:

Code: Select all

Do you have a Census? -

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? -

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? -

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? -

Where does the authorization for a census lie? -

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? -

How many people work in the Census? -

Are there enumerators? -

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? -

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? -

What's on your census form? - {be specific}

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? -

If so, how? -

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? -

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? -

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? -


I look forward to hearing from the novelty and dictorial nations the most. Hey Station Twelve, how do YOU conduct your census? (Must know...)

To get you in the moode for the Census, here are two videos promoting it:

• Funny census propaganda
• A video I made urging people to take the Census

[Delkora]

Do you have a Census? - Yes

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - The party in power in the Parliament is responsible for distributing the census.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - It is organized by the head of the majority party.

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - Elected.

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - A bill was passed in the parliament in the 1920s authorizing it.

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - No, just that the government wont know what your community needs ands how to improve it...

How many people work in the Census? - How ever many people are in the majority party.

Are there enumerators? - No

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - N/A

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - No

What's on your census form? - {be specific}
-Number of people in your household and their genders:
-Their ages:
-Ethnicities:
-Their occupations:
-Annual Incomes:
-City:
-Province:
-How can your town be improved?:

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - No.

If so, how? - N/A

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - Yes. There really isn't any way to exploit people's responses to our census.

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - Yes.

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - Most people enjoy doing it.

[Greater Rhodes]

Do you have a Census? -Yes

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? -The Census is headed by The Royal Statistics Department of Greater Rhodes, also known as STATRHO. It is a department of the Ministry of the Interior.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? -The Chief Statistician of Greater Rhodes, Sir Winston Gatsby

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? -They are appointed by the Minister of the Interior, who officially receives royal assent to do so by HRM Johannes V, King of Greater Rhodes

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - Authorization for a national census lies in the federal government, although provincial governments can do censi in their respective cantons whenever they please.

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? -The federal census is mandatory, and failure to complete one results in a fine, however any censi done by the Cantons (Provinces) are optional, but usually adhered to.

How many people work in the Census? -The number varies every year.

Are there enumerators? - We do not use enumerators, the government mails (and E-mails where applicable) the populous with forms that must be filled out and sent back.

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? -N/A

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - N/A

What's on your census form? - {be specific}

How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1, 2010?

Were there any additional people staying here previous to this census that you did not include in Question 1?

Is this house, apartment, or mobile home: owned with mortgage, owned without mortgage, rented, occupied without rent?

What is your telephone number?

Please provide information for each person living here. Start with a person here who owns or rents this house, apartment, or mobile home. If the owner or renter lives somewhere else, start with any adult living here. This will be Person 1. What is Person 1's name?

What is Person 1's sex?

What is Person 1's age and Date of Birth?

What is Person 1's ethnic background?

Does Person 1 sometimes live or stay somewhere else?

Various income/economic information, etc.

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? -No

If so, how? -N/A

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? -Yes

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? -Yes

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? -In a recent poll, 63% of Rhodians approve of the current method of census taking, while 37% said reform is needed.

[Maraque]

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[Temeev]

Do you have a Census? - Yes, there is a national Temeevian census.

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - The census exists as a national committee of bureaucrats appointed by the Grand Duke, and approved by Parliament and the Chairman. The Census Committee administrates over smaller, barony-based committees responsible for their regions.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - The Committee itself has no leader, though it does appoint to the Chairman (and, ceremonially, to the Grand Duke)

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - The Grand Duke must officially appoint them, though the Chairman is largely responsible. Parliament must approve by a 2/3 majority.

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - Authorization? As in, is it constitutional, or authorized by an official entity? The Census occurs once every decade, as defined in the 1924 "Constitutional Clarification" document, which elaborated on the original constitution of the Temeevian republic (the Grand Federal Duchy), but did not modify the constitution.

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - Yes. Oftentimes, the Census Boards in various Baronies are brutal and perhaps criminal; they intimidate and threaten those who aren't on time. State police are brutal, and have been known for occasionally sending (usually one) agent to a late-return's apartment (if that person has no family). The agents have been sued for being 'violent' and 'aggressive' in their practices, and occasionally convicted.

How many people work in the Census? - Unlike many areas of government, the Census has not become bloated bureaucratically with employees. Much of it is computerized, and many of the employees are temporary.

Are there enumerators? - Yes, the Census information is compiled in Barony Political Libraries, and, from there, compiled in National Political Libraries (for the usage of the government; Census information is not open to civilians), which decide the voting power of each Barony.

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - Generally not (actually never). The Census is physically mailed to homes, and a return is expected.

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - No.

What's on your census form? - {be specific}

Ex:
Name: John Smith
Citizen of Temeev? Yes(duh)
Sex: Yes please I MEAN MALE
Age: 20
Ethnicity/Race: White Praetonian
Voting? Yes
Do you own an automobile? Yes
How many others have residence in this home? 2

(prints/finds 2 more forms on government website or local post office)

Name: PERSON 2
Citizen of Temeev? Yes(duh)
Sex: Yes please I MEAN MALE
Age: 20
Ethnicity/Race: White Praetonian
Voting? Yes
Do you own an automobile? Yes

Etc.

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - Yes, very often.

If so, how? - Some questions- such as those regarding automobiles and ethnicity- are not necessary; the government simply enjoys compiling as much information as possible on its citizens (not necessarily for sinister purposes, but this is intrusive). Sometimes, citizens are targeted for political campaigns based on their voting age (the Progressive Party- socialists- aim at those aged from 30-65, who are most likely in Temeev to vote socialist. The Common Law/Objectivist Party - Objectivist in ideology- aims at the neo-capitalist youth between the ages of 20-30, voting age being 20+. The Orthodox Theocrats aim for ages 65+, who are most likely to vote for the Orthodox Jew Party). The Progressive Socialist Party, which has the best access to these documents, also has, at times (though not officially) intimidated native-born Temeevians (non-whites).

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - N/A

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - The neo-laissez faire youth of Temeev, out of protest for government involvement, sometimes refuse to return forms out of protest. Most older citizens (who are a shrinking majority) are indifferent.

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - Very few citizens actually enjoy the census. The state doesn't even advertise it as a PR campaign; the shrinking socialist majority views it with utter indifference, as a fact of life.

[Fatatatutti]

Do you have a census? No. Nobody can count that high.

[The Children of Mama]

Do you have a Census? - Yes, a continuous one.

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - It's part of Mama's Memory.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - Mama, of course.

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - ? [Mama adds: Do I put down "not applicable" here?]

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - Mama says she needs to keep records on all of us so she knows who is healthy and who is ill, who is overworked and who needs more work to do, who needs a mate and who has had offspring, and so on. [Mama adds: I can't help them if I don't know what they need.]

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - Why would we not tell Mama this stuff? {Mama adds: What, do you think my Children keep secrets from me?]

How many people work in the Census? - In theory, all of us.

Are there enumerators? - Mama.

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - In a sense, Mama already lives there with us, so yes.

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - Every Child's angel has the equivalent of a GPS in it, so Mama already knows their locations.

What's on your census form? - Almost every fact of a Child's life--whenever they earn or pay favors, whenever they visit a clinic for a checkup, whenever they attend school classes--is collected and filed in Mama's Memory. Mama keeps up-to-date files on our genetic code, our state of health, our education, our finances, who we have as friends, who we've mated with, whether we've had offspring and with whom and how many, and so on. [Mama adds: The more I know about my Children, the better I can help them.]

Has Census data ever been misused or abused? - The data is all publicly available. There are cases where it's been misused, but that's a serious crime and Mama punishes Children for doing that. [Mama adds: My Children don't have much of a sense of "privacy" as you xenos call it, but I'm not going to let their openness harm them.]

If so, how? - Some Children have been known to use the data to treat other Children unfairly, for example, by forming cliques or discriminating against other Children. [Mama adds: I've pretty much stamped out bigotry among my Children, but it seems people always want to exclude those who are "different" for some reason.]

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - n/a [Mama adds: Although even statistics can be misused, you know.]

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - Yes

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - We all think it's a great idea. Mama uses it to help us find mates, to line up fun jobs for us to do, to make sure we all stay healthy and safe, and so on.

[Regillus (Ancient)]

Census is handled by Department of Statistics every five years. It helps government to calculate the amount funding(education, healthcare, and other welfare) needed to each area.

[Birnadia]

Do you have a Census? -
Yes.
Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? -
An appointed comittee.
Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? -
Yes.
Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? -
They are elected by parliament for each census.
Where does the authorization for a census lie? -
N/A. A census must be held every 5 years.
Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? -
Yes, not filling it out can result in afine of up to £500.
How many people work in the Census? -
1,562 during the last census (2005).
Are there enumerators? -
Yes.
Do the enumerators actually visit houses? -
Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? -
No.
What's on your census form? - {be specific}

Number of people in your household.
Their genders
Their date of birth
Their address.
Their ethnicities.
Their religious beliefs.
Citizen of Birnadia?
Membership of plitical parties (if applicable)

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? -
No.
If so, how? -
N/A.
If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? -
Yes.
Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? -
Yes.
If so, how many creatures enjoy it? -
The vast majority of Birnadian citizens support the census.

[Platinea]

Do you have a Census? - Yes.

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - It's an institute funded by the Ministry of Education, with branches in each of the sixteen provinces of Platinea.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - The Director of the National Institute of Statistics and Demographics (INED) is Professor Manuel O'Brien.

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - INED's director is hired through ordinary channels, like the director of any educational institution.

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - The census is taken every five years, in accordance with constitutional requirements for accurate information on the size and scope of the electorate.

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - Individuals who willfully submit false information or tamper with census data can be fined; however, there is no punishment for not taking the census.

How many people work in the Census? - 480 employees, nationwide, are employed on a permanent basis, tracking economic indicators and related data; up to 4000 samplers have been hired for any given census.

Are there enumerators? - No. The census is conducted by distributing surveys to all known housing establishments, then taking sampling data for comparison, and finally using sampling data to fill in for non-responding households. Both sampled data and sampling-adjusted raw data are published (with names and addresses censored out).

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - As mentioned, there are no enumerators; census employees do, however, go to individual homes, apartments, etc., and to homeless shelters and other places where the homeless congregate, when sampling.

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - Samplers do not carry tracking devices.

What's on your census form? - {be specific}: Name, age, ethnic background, citizenship status, religion, educational level and gender of head of household and dependents, employment of family members (name of company and title of job worked, average # of hours worked daily, average weekly income), other sources of income, average weekly expenses, housing type (if applicable).

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - Yes.

If so, how? - In February 2002, an INED employee revealed that MPRA officials had intentionally fudged the 2001 census data to lower the reported rate of inflation; the scandal led to the resignation of INED director Graciela Edwin, who allegedly was bribed into permitting the alteration, and of Education Minister Rosa Gonzalez, along with the 2003 conviction of four MPRA figures for conspiracy to commit census tampering.

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - Not really. Some, particularly the statistically-inclined, think highly of INED, but most generally think little of it. Response rates are moderately high; sampling data is highly regarded in the statistical community.

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OOC: Census data has been manipulated in real life.
Showing a Latin American model, here...

[Cameroi]

demographic data is monitored in real time obviating any need for periodic census taking other then irregular spot checks of demographic monitoring data.

[Station 12]

Using the Station-wide cameras, JOY unit simply counts the number of Citizens. The identification numbers on their uniforms are also used.

[La Pays De Soliel]

Do you have a Census? - Yes

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - Special Congressional Committee

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - The Head of the Committee is appointed by the Prime Minister

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - Prime Minister

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - La Pays de Soliel Congress and The President and is taken every 5 years

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - No, someone is sent to their place of residence if they do not send the Census form back

How many people work in the Census? - Just under 500,000 (For counting and response purposes)

Are there enumerators? - No, our counting system is digital

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - No, the Responders do

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - No, although that has been proposed

What's on your census form? - {be specific} Race, Religion, Sex, Name, Education, Phone, Email

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - Not that we know of, although it has been suspected before (damn boarder jumpers)

If so, how? - It has been estimated at least 10 times (again damn boarder jumpers)

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - Yes, our Census is used for statistical purposes only

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - No, the Census tells us the number of representative a district gets and how much money their community gets

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - N/a

[Venetoland]

Is conducted by the Census Bureau (permanent apparatus) every 3 years by people who travel door-to-door on a contract basis (i.e. they are not gov't employees).

Questions we ask
Name
Age
Marital Status
Occupation
Race/ethnicity
Education level
Income
Home Value
Stuff from my "parenting" threads(people are surprisingly forthcoming)

Though not asked in the OP (that I saw), we make honest attempt to count our homeless population.

[TurtleShroom]

Do you have a Census? - Yes, and they have done so for years. In fact, Census records as old as the country have recently been found in the back of a TS warehouse.

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - Permanent bureaucracy, and one of the largest at that. The Census is one of the largest employers in the government.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - Yes, the Headmaster of the Census.

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - The Headmaster is appointed, oddly enough, by the Supreme Court of TurtleShroom (the secular one, not the alcholic or moral ones), and answers to the Congress.

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - The Census as it is today has no authorization in any form, outside of government decree to have one. The creatures of TurtleShroom have taken the Census for so many years that they typically choose to do it.

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - Yes, a jailtime of three weeks, but that hasn't been enforced in eighty years. Again, the Census is so old and so hard-ingrained into the people, that they really enjoy doing it.

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - Yes. TurtleShroom's nationalized postal service is slower than most nation's... due to turtles. The Census is done almost entirely by enumerators. The private sector does not have the problems of the postal system.

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - No. TS lacks any form of navigational system in space. Their privitized space program launched one satellite that could do so, but it was sent off into deep space for an FT nation at war.

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What's on your census form? -

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• How many people in your household?
• How many turtles?
• How many mushrooms?
• How many humans?

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For the Head of Household, these questions are alloted:


• How many creatures live in your household?* - {military, prisoners, college students, banished peoples, and such are not counted}
  
  

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• Do you or a family member own a car? - {yes, no, rather not tell}
  
• If yes, how often do you use it? -
  
• Does the rush-hour toll system annoy you? - {yes or no}
  
• If not, does it encourage public transit? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• If no, do you use TurtleShroom's railroads? - {yes or no, most every non-car owner answers yes}
  
• How do you rate TurtleShroom's railroads? - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
  

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• Do you, or a relative, own the house you live in? - {yes or no}
  
• Has the owner paid off the mortgage? - {yes, no, rather not tell}
  
• If you rent your house/pay rent, what is your opinion of your landlord? - {fine print says that no landlord will ever know, and that any landlord who persecutes the user based on Census data must give the house to him or her for free}
  
  

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• What would you classify your house as? {multiple choice: mobile home, trailer, apartment, one-family house, tenant, mansion, bunkhouse/condominium, my shell is my house, none/homeless, rather not tell}
  
• How would you describe your house? - {multiple choice: Wretched, Decent, Adequte, Above Adequte Excellent, Fancy, Mansion}
  
• Did the government build your house, or did you/the private sector? -
  
• If government, does the house stink? - {yes, no, rather not tell}}
  
  

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• Was your enumerator polite? -
  
• What was your enumerator's name? -
  
• What species was your enumerator? -
  
• Did your enumerator show respect to you and/or your property? - {yes or no}
  
• If not, what did he or she do that was disrespectful? -
  
• Do you feel that the Great Census should dicipline this enumerator? - {yes or no}
  
  
  

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  For each creature:
  
• What species are you? - {multiple choice: human, turtle, mushroom}
  
• If human, what race? -
  
• If turtle, what genus and species? -
  
• What is your gender? - {male, female, or mushroom (technically, mushrooms don't have genders)}
  
• Are you married? - {yes, no, mushroom}
  
• Are you a citizen of TurtleShroom? - {yes, no, will be}
  
• If not, list status. - {fine print under this question states that anyone who uses Census data to find illegals gets banished from the country and loses their own citizenship}
  
• How old are you? - {enter it, or rather not tell}
  
• What is your birthday and birth year - {enter it, or rather not tell}
  
• What is your income? - {input or rather not tell}
  
  

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• Are you homosexual? - {multiple choice: yes, no, homophobic, closeted, rather not tell}
  
• If yes, have you considered seeking out the numerous free therapies for homosexuality? - {yes, no, rather not tell}
  
  

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• Are you or your parents an immigrant? - {yes or no}
  
• If yes, where did you come from? -
  
• If yes, why did you leave your former country? -
  
• If yes, why did you choose TurtleShroom? -
  
• Did you apply for citizenship after the alloted year? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• Were you ever a slave? - {yes or no}
  
• If yes, were you a slave under the regime of Nicksylvania? - {yes or no}
  
• If other, list country of involuntary service. -
  
• If yes, did you apply for citizenship after one month? - {yes or no}
  
• Do you support TS' emancipation of any foreign slave in her borders? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• Were you ever an expatriate? - {yes or no}
  
• If yes, we're glad you're back. Why did you leave? - {yes or no}
  
• If it was a problem in TurtleShroom, what was it? -
  
• Who do you blame for this problem? - {yes or no}
  
• If government, what can we do to fix it? - {yes or no}
  
• Did the government assist you in coming back? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• What is your religion? - {multiple choice: Southern Baptist Christian, other Protestant Christian, Catholic Christian, Atheist, Agnostic, Theist/Deist, Islam, JCLDS/Mormon, Other/Write-in}
  
• If Southern Baptist Christian, do you feel that the state has alloted proper funds to your local church? - {yes or no}
  
• If Southern Baptist Christian, do you feel that your denomination should remain the nationally sponsered religion? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• What is your occupation? -
  
• What industry? -
  
• Public or private sector? - {public or private}
  
• What is your employer? - {input}
  
• What is your main duty? - {input or rather not tell}
  
• If public, would you like your industry to be privitized? - {yes or no}
  
• If private, would you like your industry to be nationalized? - {yes or no}
  
• Have you now, or ever, worked on the TurtleShroom Great Census? - {yes or no}
  
• Have you ever considered working for the Great Census? - {yes or no}
  
• What is your average salary? - {input or rather not tell}
  
• How many times do you ask for a raise in a month? - {input or rather not tell}
  
• Does your boss listen or at least respect your ideas? - {yes or no}
  
• State your opinion regarding your boss. - {fine print says that no boss may read Census data to fire employees, and that any boss who does so is immediantly fired from their company, the person whose records were read taking his or her place}
  
  

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• What is your opinion on the Chancellors? - {fine print says Chancellors are bound by law to never prosecute anyone who disapproves of them}
  
• Do you think such a position should exist? - {yes or no}
  
• Rate the performance of the Chancellors. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
  

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• What is your opinion on the state Prohibition? -
  
• Is Prohibition enforced effectively where you live? -
  
• Is there a court dedicated to the Alcohol Circuit near where you live? - {yes or no}
  
• If so, can you access it easily? - {yes or no}
  
• Do you think the Alcoholic Circuit should be merged with the traditional/secular civil courts? - {yes or no}
  
• Rate the performance of the Grand Alcoholic Tribunal. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
  

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• Do you have any friends that are not your species? - {yes, no, rather not tell}
  
  

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• Have you ever left TurtleShroom for any reason? - {yes or no}
  
• If so, for what? - {multiple choice: vacation, diplomacy, relatives, business, for fun, to drink, to get a divorce, other/write-in}
  
• Was the TS border easy to cross? - {yes or no}
  
• Rate the efficiency of the Mighty Border Wall, if you happned to cross that area. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest, or N/A}
  
• Rate the efficiency of the border patrol/customs office. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Did you see any illegal immigrants? - {yes, no, rather not tell}
  
• Was obtaining a TS Passport or Visa easy? - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Was the country you visited better than TurtleShroom? - {yes or no}
  
• If so, how? -
  
  

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• Rate TurtleShroom's police force. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Rate your overall feeling of safety. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Why do you feel that way? - (input or rather not tell}
  
  

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• Have you ever visited a dictorial regime? - {yes or no}
  
• If yes, name it. -
  
• Did you like it? - {yes or no}
  
• Were you threatened, tagged/implanted, or tracked by that regime while there? - {yes or no}
  
• If so, have you considered using TurtleShroom's free de-tracking/chip/implant/wristband removal service? - {yes or no}
  
• Did you ever lived in a dictorial regime for more than a month? {yes or no}
  
• Has the regime threatened you since leaving? - {yes or no}
  
• If so, do you feel that your life is at stake? - {yes or no}
  
• Should TurtleShroom do something about it? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• Do you consider yourself successful in life? - {yes, no, rather not answer}
  
• If no, why? - {input or rather not answer}
  
• Are you on welfare? - {yes, no, rather not tell}
  
• If so, are you abusing it? - {fine print says "we don't expect you to answer that}
  
• If you use food stamps, what do you think should be added to the federal list of items that you can purchase with stamps? - {fine print says "don't put alcohol, Noob"}
  
  

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• Do you consider yourself aligned/allied with any political party in TurtleShroom? - {yes or no}
  
• Which one? - {write-in}
  
  

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• Have you ever formed your own political party? - {yes or no}
  
• If yes, what was it called? - {fine print says not applicable for extremist or Nazi parties}
  
• Were TurtleShroom's ballot access laws easy for you to found your party? - {yes or no; fine print says not applicable for extremist or Nazi parties}
  
• If not, how can they be made easier? - {fine print says not applicable for extremist or Nazi parties}
  
  

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• Do you like to vote? - {yes or no}
  
• If yes, what is your favorite thing to vote on? -
  
• Should the Headmaster of the Great Census be democratically elected? - {yes or no}
  
• Do you think that there any currently appointed position, excluding the Chancellary, that should be swapped to a vote? - {fine print says 'inputting Chancellor results in that question being ignored'}
  
  

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• If you are a turtle or a mushroom, has anyone, anywhere, at anytime, threatened to eat you? -
  
• If yes, was it abroad or in TurtleShroom? - {abroad or in TS}
  
  

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• Do you have a computer? - {yes or no}
  
• If yes, does that computer have Internet? - {yes or no}
  
• Rate TurtleShroom's ISP - {1-5; five best, one worst}
  
• Should the TurtleShroom ISP be privitized? - {yes or no}
  
• Should TurtleShroom dismantle the SHADY and reinstate the globally accepted Internet? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• What is your opinion about the divorce process in TurtleShroom? -
  
• Have you ever attempted to get a divorce? - {yes, no, rather not tell}
  
• If yes, what did you file it as? - {adultery, anullment, or abuse (the divorce reasons in TurtleShroom), or rather not tell}
  
• Do you think divorce applications in TurtleShroom should continue to be limited to the Biblical reasons for divorce: marital unfaithfulness? - {yes or no}
  
• Do you think the Divorce Circuit courts should continue to hear anullment charges, too? - {yes or no}
  
• Is there a courthouse devoted to the Divorce Circuit near where you live? - {yes or no}
  
• If so, is it easily accessible? - {yes or no}
  
• Rate the performance of the Holy Marriage Tribunal. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Do you support TurtleShroom's current policy of allowing a citizen to exit TurtleShroom, file for divorce outside the nation, and come back in with a divorce and a divorce certificate accepted by the state as divorce, even if it isn't Biblical? {yes or no}
  
  

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• Do you have running water? - {yes or no}
  
• If yes, is it well or municipal? {well water or municipal}
  
• Do you approve of your water quality, if municipal? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• Have you ever seen a zombie in TurtleShroom? - {yes or no}
  
• If yes, was the zombie aggressive and craving brains? {yes or no}
  
• If not brains, was it craving anything involving humans, turtles, or mushrooms? - {yes or no}
  
• If no to the above, was the zombie civilized, despite being a rotting, reanimated corpse? - {yes or no}
  
• Did you ever live in or visit a nation tht has had or is having a zombie infestation? -
  
  

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• Does the biannual basic headcount (the one without any questions but the number of people in your house) annoy you? - {yes or no}
  
• If so, do you feel that the Great Census should only be conducted once every seven years, in this form? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• Should TurtleShroom's prisons remain privitized? - {yes or no, not presented in prison}
  
• Should TurtleShroom continue the "prison is punishment more than rehabilitation" policy? - {yes or no, not presented in prison}
  
• Do you view prison as punishment or rehabilitation? - {punishment or rehabilitation, not presented in prison}
  
• Do you support TurtleShroom's either or "death-penalty or life-in-prison no-parole" prosecution of capital crimes? {yes or no, these questions are not presented in prison}
  
• Should more death penalties or life-in-prison-no-paroles be used on other crimes? {death or no-parole, this question is not presented in prison}
  
• If no, should TurtleShroom add any more methods of capital punishment? {yes or no, not presented in prison; fine print says "no execution would ever be commited in public"}
  
  

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• Do you agree with TurtleShroom's castration and subsequent capital punishment of rapists? - {yes or no}
  
• Do you feel that TurtleShroom's hospitals should continue to do it with sedatives? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• Do you support TurtleShroom's policy of Music Torture? - {yes or no}
  
• Do you have any suggestions for a song to be added into TS' torture playlist? -
  
  

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• Do you prefer TurtleShroom to be a "Moralistic Republic", or a "Holy Republic"? - {Moralistic or Holy}
  
  

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• How do you rank TurtleShroom's overall educational system? - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Why did you choose this number? -
  
• Do you agree with TurtleShroom's public-school policy to not cover any theory on the origin of life whatsoever, be it religious or secular, Creation or Evolution, regardless of type, without exception? - {yes or no}
  
  

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• How do you rank TurtleShroom's military? - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Should TurtleShroom expand her military? -
  
• Do you agree with the TS DEFCON system? -
  
• Have you ever served in the military? - {veteran, active, reserve}
  
• If so, what branch? - {Army, Navy, Nuclear Squad}
  
• What is your rank? -
  
• Rank your rations. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Rank your standard issue weapons. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Rank you novelty/Skillet/pie weapons. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest, wasn't assigned}
  
• Rank your overall experience. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• Does TurtleShroom have too many nukes? - {yes, no, not enough}
  
  

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• Do you support TurtleShroom's current nuclear weapons program? - {yes or no}
  
• If no, would you rather see that excess uranium used in nuclear power? - {yes or no}
  
• If not, what should TurtleShroom do with all of that uranium? -
  
  

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• Rank your opinion of this year's Great Census. - {1-5, 5 highest, 1 lowest}
  
• If you could name one question to be removed, what would it be? -
  
• Why? -
  
• If you could add one question to the next Great Census seven years forth, what would it be? -
  
• Do you consider this year's Great Census too personal? - {yes or no}
  
• If so, how can we make it less personal? - {fine print says "please don't put a Noobish answer like 'abolish the Census' or 'remove everything but'"}
  
• Should the privacy laws forbidding census data to be accessed by anyone other than designated parties be stricter? - {yes or no}
  
• Should the jail time increase if anyone violates the privacy laws and reads your Census data? -
  
• Did you enjoy this year's Great Census? - {yes or no}

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Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - Not that we know of.

If so, how? - N/A

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - The Great Census isn't just statistics, it's also a survey of government policies, opinions, and conditions.

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - Most creatures view it as a civic duty.

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - Most creatures enjoy it. Those that don't see it as a civic duty.

[Tiesa]

Do you have a Census? - Yes

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - The Ministry of Information handles the Census

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - The Minister of Information

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - Appointed by the Worker's Party of Tiesa

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - The Worker's Party of Tiesa

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - This depends on the situation. Often a person who does not fill out the census is listed as dead and his Tiesan ID Card is deactivated. If any sort of fraud is discovered, a person can be imprisoned for fraud.

How many people work in the Census? - A total of more than 100,000 people operate the census.

Are there enumerators? - Yes

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - Yes

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - Yes

What's on your census form? - (For Each Individual Person)
Name:
ID Number: (Given at Birth)
Age: (As of Due Date)
Date of Birth:
Gender:
Race:
Hair Colour:
Eye Colour:
Height:
Occupation:
Yearly Income:
Place of Birth:
Mother:
Father:
Spouse:

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - Yes

If so, how? - The Ministry of Information has used this information to have people wrongfully arrested

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - N/A

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - No, most Citizens see it simply as something they have to do.

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - They don't really enjoy it, but they don't hate it...

[12 Virs]

Do you have a Census? - Yes, but it's an ad hoc affair, not a regular event.

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - There is no fixed census "comittee", they are appointed on an as-needed basis.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - As above, census takers are appointed as needed.

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - Census takers are appointed by the lord of the domain they are asked to enumerate; they usually gather a staff to help them depending on the size of the domain to be covered.

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - A lord of a domain may be required by his liege-lord to submit an enumeration of his domain if there is a question whether the lord is paying his liege the proper amount of tax.

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - Being counted in a census is by noble decree, punishment for ignoring it is very harsh.

How many people work in the Census? - A small domain may be covered by a single Census taker, a larger one may require an entire staff.

Are there enumerators? - All census workers serve as enumerators.

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - No, usually the Census taker and his staff visit the various estates, villages, and other population centers within a lord's domain and have the population there summoned to attend and be registered.

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - We don't know what such things are.

What's on your census form? - Basically, an accounting of households, including the number of military-age men. Slaves are not enumerated individually, but their total numbers are sometimes included.

Has Census data ever been misused or abused? - Yes

If so, how? - Some lords have been known to deliberately falsify or destroy census records in order to skip out on paying taxes. It usually goes poorly for them, though, if they're found out.

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - n/a

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - The lord of a domain usually doesn't care whether they do or not, so long as they obey the summons to be registered.

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - It's generally regarded as a nuisance and probably bad news, because a census is often followed by an increase in taxes.

[Zwangzug]

Do you have a Census? - Yes

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - Uh, probably a permanent bureaucracy.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - Yeah, I suppose.

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - The Parliament appoints them.

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - The Parliament decided they wanted to take one.

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - No.

How many people work in the Census? - Pretty many.

Are there enumerators? - No.

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - n/a

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - n/a

What's on your census form? - {be specific}

Please list the following information for this person in your household:
Date of Birth
Citizenship status
Language spoken at home
Highest level of education completed
Country of birth
Employment (public or private sector)
Occupation
Salary
Gender
Ethnicity
Marital status
Religion

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - Not that we know of.

If so, how? - n/a

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - I guess so. Some people talk once in a while about how the districts aren't exactly the same in population (they were designed to have equal populations), and make a fuss about redrawing the districts, but that hasn't happened yet.

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - Yeah, they generally like it. Filling out forms is fun, talking about yourself is also fun.

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - Most of them.

[Victorious Decepticons]

Do you have a Census? - Yes

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - Neither. It's part of a bureaucracy that handles many other things as well (Technology & Data).

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - Shockwave is the head of Technology & Data, so he gets stuck overseeing the census. Usually he'll put some lower-ranked employee in charge of actually getting it done.

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - Shockwave was appointed by Megatron, and in turn, he appoints the aforementioned lower-ranked employee.

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - Megatron wants to know, and if anyone doesn't think that's authorization enough, they are free to meet the Fusion Cannon and discuss it.

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - No, because if there was, Decepticons would immediately make a game out of trying to avoid both the Census and the punishment. In other words, a punishment would produce the opposite of the desired effect.

How many people work in the Census? - Just a few, with a spike of well-paid temps around the time of an actual census. (They have to be paid well; otherwise they'll choose to do raiding instead of this gig.)

Are there enumerators? - Yes

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - If someone doesn't upload their data in time, we'll usually send someone around to collect it.

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - Oh heck no! Even a Decepticon on official business doesn't think it's bright to let everyone know where they are, and where that unattended Cube of Energon they saw on their rounds might have gotten to.

What's on your census form? - {be specific}

Name
Coder
Date of Activation
Alt-mode
Engine type
CPU type
RAM (in teraflops)
Education Level (Standard Install/Some Advanced Knowledge Packs/Most Advanced Packs/All Known Advanced Packs)
Area of Expertise for Advanced Knowledge Packs
Do you have a high level of non-knowledge-pack education? Y/N
If Y, in what area?
How do you procure most of your Energon?
Do you have any slaves? If so, how many?



Has Census data ever been misused or abused? - Yes

If so, how? - Infernal Autobots cracked the main database one year and used the data on our alt-modes and engine types as military intelligence. Since then, we have encrypted all Census data as Classified Military Information.

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - N/A

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - Yes

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - "Enjoy" isn't the right word. They understand that domestic Energon production is done based on how many customers citizens Megatron Energon expects to need to make fuel for, so all will be glad to be counted.

Most, however, will lie about their technical specs and inflate their educational level. While some may think this is because of that Autobot database crack, it's really simply for personal safety against other Decepticons. It's considered smarter to say your alt-mode is a [ultra-modern stealth bomber type] with enough knowledge and RAM to figure out how to make an entire universe, than it is to admit that you're really "only" as smart as a Pentagon Supercomputer and that you turn into a Cessna.

(Of course, some DO have awesome alt-modes and huge loads of CPU/RAM, but there are far fewer of these people than the census data implies.)

Since the implementation of military-grade encryption, nobody outside the government has even seen the spec data in a personally-identifiable way, but the general belief is still that this info is best kept to oneself, just in case.

The government keeps these questions on the form anyway, because it knows that Decepticons would be bored with it if they didn't have something they could fudge on. The only data we really pay attention to is the actual count.

[Rejistania]

Do you have a Census? -
No, strict privacy laws make a census unconstitutional (even income tax is unconstitutional because the government has no business knowing of the financial situation of citizens and residents). Population data is extrapolated from the voters' registration, the issued school vouchers, the naturalizations and immigrations which occur and other data. Occasionally, small studies are conducted to confirm some parameters for extrapolation, but no nation-wide censi occur.

[Haiz]

Do you have a Census? - Yes

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - A Bureau that is appointed by Queen.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - No.

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? -^

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - With the Queen

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - Yes, a $500 fine.

How many people work in the Census? - 100,000

Are there enumerators? - Yes

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - Yes

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - Yes

What's on your census form? - {be specific}

HAIZ CENSUS MINIMAL FORM
This is the minimum required by law for you to fill out.
Name of Resident:
Age of Resident:
Current Residents in Residency:
Ages of Residents:
Employment:
Area Code:
Postal Code:
Parents Names:
City:
State:
Income:
Ethnicity:
Species:

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - No.

If so, how? -

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - Yes

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - Yes, its generally thought of as necessary

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - All sentient have the obligation to fill it out.

[Diatraba]

Do you have a Census? - yes

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - a permanent bureaucracy - called the Census Committee (Comité del censo)

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - yes - Andrew Ulianov

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - appointed by the Director for Information

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - it's normally checked through by the Directorate for information

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - prison for five years

How many people work in the Census? - twenty

Are there enumerators? - yes

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - if they think the census is inaccurate or false or if there is an anomaly on a census return

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - yep

What's on your census form? - {be specific}
Name of lead family member:
Number of family members (number of adults: number of children:)
names of family members and relationship to lead family member)
Gender of children(if they don't have children, they say N/A):
If male, weight of children:
number of slaves:

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - laws are too strict to allow this

If so, how? -

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - it does help with lawmaking, but rarely

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - they are forced to take it - the only people who have opinions on it are those in the People's Assembly, the House of Regions, the Census Committee and the Directorate for Information)

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? -

[DeusII]

Do you have a Census? - YES

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - Imperial Human Services

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - Chief of Imperial Human Services

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - Just rise to the top in their career.

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - Ministry of the People

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - Prison (10 years)

How many people work in the Census? - Quite a lot.

Are there enumerators? - The censuses can be completed online or posted by recorded delivery to the census office.

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - See above.

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - See above.

What's on your census form? - {be specific} There are hundreds of questions (it takes around a day to fill in) and it's confidential.

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - No.

If so, how? - See above.

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - No.

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - No.

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - ?

[Sebastianalandia]

Do you have a Census? - Yes

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? - Permanent bureaucracy - the People's Commissariat of Public Census

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? - Ys, the People's Commissar of Public Census

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? - Apointed by Vozhd

Where does the authorization for a census lie? - Executive decree

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? - Yes - publication of name in local newspaper as 'census avoider'

How many people work in the Census? - I dunno

Are there enumerators? - It is a form completable either 1. via Internet or 2. sent by mail; but there are also enumarators in sparesly-populated areas

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? - See above, yes

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? - They might

What's on your census form? - {be specific} There are literally hundreds of questions, and it often takes a full day to fill it out; thus, people are granted a day off from work to complete it

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? - Depends on your definition of 'abused'...

If so, how? - See above

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? - No

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? - The find it a tad bit frustrating, but form-filling agrees with a certain part of the Sebastianalandian psyche

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? - ?

[Noodleburgh]

Do you have a Census? -Yes we do.

Is it an appointed committee, or a permanent bureaucracy? Or, is it neither? -It's handled by The Office of the Census, An office of the Department of National Affairs.

Is there a head of your census committee, bureaucracy, or whatever? -Yes, The Officer of the Census

Who appoints him/her, or are they elected? -The Secratary of National Affairs appoints him.

Where does the authorization for a census lie? -The Officer of The Census

Is there a punishment for not taking the Census? -Yes, a 50,000 Spaghetti fine.

How many people work in the Census? -101 (One Officer of the Census, 15 statiticians,15 supervisors, ans 70 enumerators)

Are there enumerators? -Yes,

Do the enumerators actually visit houses? -No, forms get mailed out, forms get mailed back, enumerators count them.

Do they carry a tracking device (such as GPS)? -no.

What's on your census form? - {be specific} It asks how many people live in that particular residnece, their names, ages, genders, If their Pastafarian, if their not Pastafarian what religion are they, race, and their relation to other persons on the living at that residence.

Has Census data ever been misued or abused? -no

If so, how? -

If not, is that because your census is a statistics item only (like in RL)? -yes

Do your citizens have an opinion on the Census? -no

If so, how many creatures enjoy it? -