jrtom

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/15/conception_day_conte.html

I can understand, for historical reasons, why Russia is concerned about their falling birthrate. (Being next door to a traditional enemy--China--that is having population problems in the opposite direction can do that to you.)

And I'm amused by the idea of the local government providing a special half-day off to boink, perchance to conceive.

But if this really catches on...one wonders what the short-term consequences might be, in terms of various resources, of most of an area's births falling within, say, a couple of weeks.