Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Tropican Republic of Joukaai is a massive, devout nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.833 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Joukaai City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology.

Criminals are thrown to the The Toucans to repay their debt to society, euthanasia is illegal, city rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of experimental delivery drones, and CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Joukaai's national animal is the The Toucan, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Tropica.

Joukaai is ranked 1,634th in Lazarus and 47,497th in the world for Happiest Citizens, scoring 10 on the Relative Cheerfulness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and