A sketch of Gov in the new episode 🐶! I always kinda imagined Gov to look pretty much how he is portrayed in the episodes tbh so I never bother to make him that much of a separate design 🤔 BUT also this is an excuse to educate y'all on federal land. It will be under the cut for those who wanna learn.
What does Federal Land mean for a state?
Well, this is something I think a lot of folks in here (the fandom) needs to know, because I just see people jump to conclude Gov is horrible towards Nevada. That is not the case.
This is just the basics, but federal land literally just conserves, manages, and protects natural resources and wildlife. For example, national parks are federal lands. You'd notice this because of how western states tend to have more wildlife than the east. And how federal land is mostly administered by agencies such as the BLM, FWS, NPS, and USFS, which all are catered towards handling wildlife and resources.
Federal land also tends to consist of land that states cannot easily manage or utilize, which for Nevada it's pretty easy to notice, as most of Nevada is semi-arid and desert, meanwhile land more available to use, like by rivers and other water sources are not usually federal land.
Historically, up until 1976, you could easily just claim a homestead of hundreds of acres! The Federal Government just ended up taking what nobody else really wanted because they couldn't live there anyways. It's why Nevada has so much Fed Land, and now that land is managed by agencies; and in Nevada's case, most of it is under the Bureau of Land Management. This is why Nevada's population only resides in no more than 20% of the land. Because they bought it as they could use it and live in it, even then they don't use much of the full 20% that is accessible to them.
And it's not as if federal land is completely off-hands, people hunt, hike, camp and fish in federal land all the time! Take Alaska for example, who's 60%+ federal land, in terms of Alaska's size that's a LOT of land, yet Alaska is one of or the best state when it comes to fishing and hunting either way, and Alaska's natural beauty remains largely untouched and unbothered (at least directly).
There is also the fact that if a crime is committed on federal land, it instantly becomes punishable to a higher degree than it would on state grounds, as it becomes of federal interest.
So no, Nevada being 80% federal land isn't bad for him. It's just Gov taking up and protecting what Nevada can't really utilize or manage easily.
During Government shutdowns, do Flo and Louie have a habit of carting Gov's temporarily-lifeless body around to meetings "Weekend at Bernie's" style and freaking everyone out? Yes, yes indeed they do.
Thanks @aceasadhd for this request!
Started this while this year's annual government shutdown scare was still pending. I'm a federal employee irl (can I even say that here? Lmao) so it's always a hot mess at the end of the fiscal year.
Reference and lineart under the cut:
Also...
Does this count as a political cartoon? 😂 Just going back to my roots I guess.
Man who slicked his damn baby’s hair back and put him in a little suit and tie 🤬!!!! He was just made what the hell!!!! Bro needs baby formula rn not an economics degree!!!!
Hello hi here’s a headcanon(pretty much California focused)
California has asthma really bad lungs 1) bc of wildfires 2) bc of smog(San Bernardino had some of the worst smog of any county in the states)
Also he likes doing outdoorsy stuff like hiking, running, surfing, snorkeling, etc. . He just likes to be outside(golden retriever energy tbh)
Speaking of running I also think he started a running group with Massachusetts and their most frequent members are Colorado and DC
He likes to try new things and start new projects but he loses interest pretty easily so he has a lot of “hobbies” that he says he’s gonna get back into but chances are he won’t
That’s all I have for now, I hope you don’t mind me rambling in your asks lol
The Cali brainrot is real in this comunity frfr ‼️‼️
Im gonna open up to requests 😶🌫️, because doing this was fun, and i need something fun to do in free time, so dont be afraid to send something in my ask box or dms. ANYWAYSS! Tysm @theywhoshantbenamed for sending in something 😼🫶 Feel free to rant as much as you want in my asks, i dont mind it at all! (+ i leant something new!)