Countries Shrinking the Most by 2070

Well, one thing to note is that a large reason for Bulgaria's massive population decline is the emigration of Bulgarians to other European countries because of Bulgaria's quite poor quality of life.

Massively increasing taxes for a large part of the population, like you propose, would probably only increase the emigration.

You'd have to raise the standard of living for everyone, so that people would feel secure enough to stay in their country and have children without artificial means like increased taxes.

At least that's how I see it.

Well, that sounds pretty good, at least at first glance. I even wonder why this is really not used? Most likely, because of the unethical and undemocratic nature, but given the demographic bottom in which Eastern Europe is located, this is better than how they are fighting it now. In Russia, for example, they are trying to fix this with HUGE (by the standards of Russians) money for the first three children, support for large families and heroine mothers. But it's pouring in... unexpectedly, the poorest have a bunch of children for mercantile reasons (at best, a series of loan repayments, and at worst, alcohol for money), get a lot of money, squander it, and then raise a dozen children in terrible conditions. And it ends with the fact that seeing this, children who have grown up in such conditions have at best one child to raise them in proper conditions or do not have them at all. Yes, the vast majority raise children in good conditions, but such families are not unique

I am very thankful that you're not a director.

While indirectly, this would be forcing people to bear children. That's quite barbaric in my opinion, extinction level threat or not. Even if this crisis wasn't emigration based, there are plenty of other ways you could approach this, like monetary benefits to parents– which I've seen you suggest elsewhere– rather than punishments for those who don't conceive.

I'm curious, what would happen for same-sex couples and people with fertility issues under your regime? Would someone have to "prove" that they're gay somehow?

This would also be effectively forcing marriages at whenever the age of adulthood is. If you don't have a good relationship by 18 you just gotta roll the dice and hope they're not horrible I guess, or be forced into poverty.

I believe this policy would be globally reviled (except among literal, self-identified fascists and ultra-hardcore religious fanatics). I'm really hoping you just didn't think it through.

I am so glad you aren't my country's leader ._.

You rate that regime as only 'probably' extreme? It's very extreme. It's also premised on the idea that no one can leave. Good luck.

maybe EU is the problem. balkan people don't have too work to hard to be able to afford to move to more well to do European countries. there is literally no reason for them to stay back, and literally nothing to stop them from going

I think those colors are the colors that JetPunk always use.