Location: Laissez Faireholm

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Anarchocapitalist Revolution of Augarundus is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Liberateur Otto Vitali with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.369 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, liberal, pro-business individuals is effectively ruled by the Department of Commerce, with areas such as Social Equality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prometheus. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Information Technology.

Procrastination is a national sport, Coco the Clown has been elected to the nation's parliament, politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, and prospective parents are cheering on the streets as they no longer need a license to have children. Crime is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Augarundus's national animal is the Sovereign, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is The Cult of Atlas, and its currency is the Virtue.

Augarundus is ranked 109th in Laissez Faireholm and 101,304th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring -42 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and