Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Space-Borne Republic of The Stars At Night is a colossal, economically powerful nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 8.117 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The small, pro-business government is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Religion & Spirituality and Commerce are on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12%. A robust private sector is led by the Gambling, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales industries.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, organ donation is compulsory, and euthanasia is legal. Crime is a serious problem. The Stars At Night's national animal is the terror crane, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the minute.

The Stars At Night is ranked 61st in Texas and 30,437th in the world for Most Politically Free, scoring 68 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and