Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
A Microchip on Your Shoulder
Contactless payment, internet banking and robust consumer credit mechanisms are already making shopping easier than any time in history. However, a technology think tank is proposing that you could stimulate the economy by going one step further, with universal subcutaneous microchips linked to a national CITIZEN Identity Database.
I’ve encountered with 4 choice
1. Preeti Tenhorn, head of the think tank, is enthusiastic. “No need for wallets or purses any more: just walk out with the goods, and your credit account is updated! Also, you could link medical data, GPS-tracking, biometrics data… the benefits are legion! I mean, we’re not talking a barcode under your left eye or anything mad like that, just an unobtrusive digital implant, anywhere on the body. Oh brave new world, that has such gadgets in it!”
2. “We must reject the CITIZEN Identity Database!” raves Yoshi Apollyon, leader of the NATIONSNAME Resistance Against the Identity Database (H-RAID) campaign group. “In the name of ‘national security’, law-abiding citizens will end up being forced to lose their privacy. The right to use cash and hard currency is vital to protecting our rights to avoid taxat… uh… to avoid Orwellian monitoring!
3. “That’s not enough!” screams conspiracy theorist Jonty Apostle, adjusting his tinfoil hat to keep radio waves out of his brain. “Do you know how many databases there are out there gathering intelligence on us all? Credit reports, search engine histories, e-mail archives, medical records, criminal records, driving licences… All these little revelations, and you still think it’s crazy when I say that we’re always being watched? Leader, give people back their freedom! Ban government and corporations from tracking our data in any way!”
4. “Look, we want to keep tabs on our population, but do we really need to deal with all this outrage?” muses Lucy Fir, a promising junior delegate from the Ministry of Creative Solutions. “Why not secretly implant the microchips in newborn babies during routine postnatal checks and in adults during dental work? Sure, people won’t be able to shop with a chip that they don’t know is there, but in terms of national security and crime prevention, secret surveillance is far more effective than open monitoring.”
5. Dismiss the issue
Option 3. sounds nice so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Truancy levels are on the rise ever since school registers were banned.’
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Ideological Radicality
Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index 15.4%
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Units 6.6%
Recreational Drug Use
Pineapple Fondness Rating 1.4%
Nudity
Cheeks Per Square Mile 1.2%
Foreign Aid
Clooney Contribution Index 1.0%
Welfare
Safety Net Mesh Density Rating 1.0%
Public Education
Edu-tellignce® Test Score 1.0%
Eco-Friendliness
Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index 1.0%
Public Transport
Societal Mobility Rating 1.0%
Public Healthcare
Theresa-Nightingale Rating 1.0%
Business Subsidization
Gilded Widget Scale 1.0%
Law Enforcement
Orwell Orderliness Index 1.0%
Obesity
Obesity Rate 0.86%
Crime
Crimes Per Hour 0.52%
Intelligence
Quips Per Hour 0.25%
Taxation
Effective Tax Rate 0.09%
Environmental Beauty
Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile 0.08%
And decline in this qualities
Human Development Index
Human Development Index 0.08%
Lifespan
Years 0.10%
Employment
Workforce Participation Rate 0.14%
Government Size
Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index 0.18%
Tourism
Tourists Per Hour 0.35%
Pacifism
Cheeks Turned Per Day 0.42%
Weather
Meters Of Sunlight 0.58%
Economic Output
CURRENCY 1.0%
Average Income
CURRENCY 1.0%
Scientific Advancement
Kurzweil Singularity Index 1.1%
Average Disposable Income
CURRENCY 2.2%
Health
Bananas Ingested Per Day 2.6%
Authoritarianism
milliStalins 9.4%
Social Conservatism
Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index 17.3%
Sector: Manufacturing
Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index 35.7%
This choice is nice.