Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Armed Republic of Aslanistan is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by God with an iron fist, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 12.271 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Defence and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monkeyshines. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology industries.

The government is reining in public spending, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, tourists outnumber citizens two to one, and citizens drive tank-like vehicles with mounted machine guns. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem. Aslanistan's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Shenanigans, and its currency is the wang.

Aslanistan is ranked 174th in Canada and 93,790th in the world for Best Weather, with -491 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and