Bears Armed wrote:Lillorainen wrote:My nation's lifespan would rise from 41 to 65 years, if this change was implemented right in this moment, and I'm quite in favor of this - I always found it unrealistic, that in a nation like Lillorainen, where public healthcare and welfare are a huge thing, the crime rate is at a basically-nonexistent level, and basically nobody lives below the poverty line (with the poorest 10% still earning ~130,000 Marks a year), the life expectancy is lower than in RL Sierra Leone. Even with Lillos swearing like old sailors, having to cross the entire country to find a spot of untouched nature, and preparing cash for a 'service charge' when meeting officers, 41 years is ridiculously low, especially with Lillorainen's level of scientific advancement.
Maybe that official 'death rate' for your nation actually covers up a rather high, but not officially acknowledged, rate of emigration to nations with better environments & less corruption?
So people get declared dead in the moment they just leave the country? Interesting ...
Joking - I know, that you're just getting creative at explaining how my stats come into being, no worries - after all, I usually explain the high obesity with "We just know where the fat has to go, so you won't see many obese people on the street!", and the low religiousness with "the World Census guys are just biased and don't consider Norse Paganism a real religion!", and so on. ^^ I think, I've already had such kind of discussion with some player who insisted on using other nations' NS stats in RP, no matter whether they actually use them ...
