Location: The Gulf Coast

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Monarchie Constitutionnelle of Maurepas is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by King Louis I and XX with a fair hand, and remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.726 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 Education, Social Welfare, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Biloxi. The average income tax rate is 57%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Gambling.

Schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Biloxi Times is sold out. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive. Maurepas's national animal is the Red Swamp Crawfish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Roman Catholicism , and its currency is the Livre.

Maurepas is ranked 5th in The Gulf Coast and 85,745th in the world for Happiest Citizens, scoring 10 on the Relative Cheerfulness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and