Location: Daistallia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederated Cantons of Daistallia 2104 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Osaka Dave with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 18.176 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ti City. The average income tax rate is 4%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Gambling and Arms Manufacturing.

Inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, a punitive tax has been placed on harmful emissions, students abandon classrooms for online education, and legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Daistallia 2104's national animal is the trout, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Buddhism, and its currency is the Daistallian Gold Coin.

Daistallia 2104 is ranked 1st in Daistallia and 748th in the world for Happiest Citizens, scoring 13 on the Relative Cheerfulness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and