Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Muravyets is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rose Celavy with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 14.698 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Equality. The average income tax rate is 70%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, notable individuals are granted land and titles, and museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin. Crime is totally unknown. Muravyets's national animal is the housecat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the fish.

Muravyets is ranked 1,008th in Lazarus and 28,247th in the world for Happiest Citizens, scoring 10 on the Relative Cheerfulness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and