Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Welfare System of the Duchy of Nord
On 1 January 1982, the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru, who had held key positions within the United Nations since 1971 and who had taken office in the interests of all countries and the balance within the United Nations, had been in charge of the interests of all countries and the balance within the United Nations.
On January 8, 1982, Prime Minister James of the Principality of Nord visited the United States, the details of which are unknown, but it is reported that a number of American officials, including the president and the secretary of state, were in the sequence of greeting him that day.
On the same day, Nord Interior Secretary Smith went to the Soviet Union, and like the United States, Smith was given a grand welcome in the Soviet Union, and countries around the world arranged for a large number of intelligence officers to go to Nord in the hope of cracking the root causes.
The world's major media are in an uproar, Nord is only a small country in Europe, and the United States and the Soviet Union actually have such an attitude to treat it, are there any secrets that cannot be told?
On January 10, 1982, the Far Eastern Group Chinese Football Team lost to the New Zealand team with a score of 1:2 in Singapore, thus losing the qualification to participate in the 12th World Cup held in Spain.
At this time, China has re-demonstrated its importance in the world, and the rapid economic growth has made all countries not to be underestimated, and some countries have begun to quietly contact China against the will of the United States.
On January 12, 1982, the Nord royal family opened an open call for world-renowned directors to plan the Nord founding Ragnar I film, which mainly depicts the life of Ragnar I and part of the Nord principality during World War II.
Nord Royal Television has a very important position in the media industry in Western Europe, accounting for more than 30% of the entire Western Europe, and with the emergence of various entertainment programs and TV dramas, the yield is still rising.
Some countries began to boycott Nord TV, which was mainly the instigation behind the TV operators of various countries, but unfortunately at this time the European Union was about to be formed, Nord was recommended by Germany and there were too many secrets in the Nord principality itself, which could not be easily touched at this time.
In this case, NORD has launched more than a dozen popular actors, these actors are German, Chinese, French, especially German and French, their bloodlines have led to their popularity in Germany and France.
Nord Film and Television began to show signs of outbreak, and film and television companies in Western European countries discussed blocking strategies, but the foundation and traffic of Nord Royal TV were there, and even too ruthless tricks did not have much effect.
By this time, NORD TV had become self-financing and profitable, earning six million francs in advertising in November 1981 alone.
The per capita income of the Duchy of Nord has risen significantly, reaching $1,500 per capita per year, which is much lower than that of the United States, but is already in the middle of the pack compared to some other countries in Europe.
$1500 isn't a lot? If it is not much compared with the United States, Britain and France, but if you really add the benefits given to the citizens of the Principality of Nord, then it can be found that the life of the citizens of the Principality of Nord is much better than that of the United States, Britain and France, and the most important point is that the gap between the rich and the poor is not very large.
The academic qualifications of the Principality of Nord are an important comparison of salaries, but the academic qualifications of schools in the Principality of Nord are also notoriously difficult to obtain, and morality and ability are indispensable, otherwise the school has the right to refuse to issue a graduation certificate.
The average education of Nord citizens is in high school, and the immigration policy is already elite immigration, and high school education is one of the important criteria. Of course, the corresponding competence must also be possessed. There are also some restrictions on the 3,000 places per year for workers, such as the fact that they must first complete a crash course at Nord High School within three months after submitting their immigration request, so that they can actually complete the immigration.
As a result of this situation, most of the Nord workers, except for the younger students who are currently studying, have already obtained a high school degree, while those who have not obtained it are also in revision and evening classes.
The salary (year) for a high school graduate is about $1,300-$1,500, while for a college graduate, it is $1,800-$3,000, and the benefits for college graduates are slightly higher. If you can get an invitation from the Royal Academy, then the annual salary of $5,000 is easy.
It can be said that the economy and morality of the Principality of Nord are not what Joseph is most proud of, education is one of his pride, and the foundation of a strong country and a strong people is education, which Joseph keeps in mind.
What can I learn in a three-month crash course? Do not forget the education system of the Principality of Nord, a single basic education of three months is enough, the rest is practice, most of the workers have been working in this industry for many years before, and the professors of the school only make them more standardized.
For example, a Chinese master in the Principality of Nord, he used to be an eighth-level worker in China, and his unique skills were admired by the professors of the Nord Royal Academy, he did not need three months to learn those basics, and he was already more familiar with those professors in six or seven days, of course, at this time he was serving as an honorary professor at the Nord Royal Academy and an academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
There are many people like this, although they are not so capable, but they also have the ability of third- and fourth-level workers, and the three-month basic study has benefited them a lot.
There are more than 23,000 citizens in NORD, of whom more than 16,000 have a high school degree, more than 3,000 are university graduates, and the rest are students and newborn children.
The situation of newborns in the Principality of Nord in 1981 is also very gratifying, Nord has good welfare and high quality of life, most of the immigrants are young and middle-aged, and even middle-aged people who are already forty or fifty years old are willing to give birth to another son or a daughter under medical security, after all, they have no pressure from life in Nord.
Joseph's favorite thing to do these days is to see pregnant women with big bellies coming and going, young mothers pushing their toddlers shopping, or older middle-aged couples. Every time I see these Josephs, I have a sense of pride because everything they have today brought to them is what they bring to themselves.
The citizens of Nord walked leisurely on the tree-lined and clean streets, and some laborers from industrial areas and suburbs looked at them with envy, looking forward to becoming a member of the Nord principality.
Although they are envious, they are not jealous, because compared to other places, this is a rare Garden of Eden, and the per capita is not as good as Anglo-American, but in Anglo-American, can there be a leisurely place here?
In fact, now the finances of the Principality of Nord are losing, mainly because the welfare is too high and the output value created by the citizens is not very much, the treasury of the Principality of Nord is very full, and the business of various industries is also very profitable, but this is mainly brought by Joseph, if there is no Audi company, no popular clothing, no oil wells and genetic farms, then the Principality of Nord can already declare bankruptcy at this time.
Isn't this the value of production brought by the citizens of Nord, one might say? No, if Nord was not a nation, and Joseph was not the Grand Duke of Nord but a nobleman in France or England, then the wealth generated by these things belonged to Joseph alone, and he had no need to subsidize these citizens.
This is also an important reason why the Nord citizens are loyal to the royal family at this time, and the Nord has today completely brought by Joseph himself, or that sentence, Nord said that it is a country rather than Joseph's private domain, which is more in line with the actual situation.
Nord milk was very famous in the world at this time, and the price of a gallon even reached 12 cents in a remote country like the United States, and now Nord citizens can receive three gallons of milk every day, so to speak, they enjoy something close to 40 cents a day, how much is it in a year?
In addition, there are genetic foods and vegetables, which are provided for free, not to mention education and medical care, which even grassroots citizens in the United States cannot afford to consume if they are counted as money, but they consume leisurely.
Nord citizens do not have the highest salaries, but they save the most money, and they basically do not spend money on food, drink, treatment, and school every year, and the rest is to buy and sell clothes, some snacks and other things, even if an ordinary family saves $1,000 a year. Of course, $1000 is not much, but it can't stand their high standard of daily life!
What's more, with the growth of the economy, Nord's annual salary has risen at a rate of sixty percent, and it is not uncommon for ordinary citizens to earn one or two hundred thousand a year by the 90s.