Actaea

4 hours ago: Following new legislation in Siverfale, colonial citizens are forced to sing the praise of the "Great Siverfalean Liberator".

major internet servers have acquired citizenship

“Rex Ventorum must be defined by its faith,” voices chorister Justin Chen, adopting his favourite holier-than-thou smug expression. “Lunacy indeed has an anthem you can adopt for Rex Ventorum: an old hymn giving thanks for one people under Lunacy. With it, we can lift our prayers to the kingdom above, and tell the world that we are a Chosen People!”

“Preposterous, who wants a human husband or wife anyway? All they do is nag, lounge about, and lie all the time,” rebuffs IT specialist Trinity Tron from under your desk, as she upgrades your Wi-Fi router. “What we really need are artificial mates who truly understand us and can fulfill our every want and desire. You should just transfer funds from all those worthless welfare programs and into the tech industry so we can finally have the perfectly programmed partners we deserve.”

A disturbing new fad has arisen on social media and clickbait sites, featuring linking videos of people suffering violence at the hand of criminals. Muggings, murders, and gang violence are all trending like crazy, and the nation’s youthful populace seems to be addicted to online schadenfreude.