Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Muravyets is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Rose Celavy with a fair hand, and notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 14.071 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 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, the study of medicine is popular throughout Muravyets, and the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms. 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 325th in Lazarus and 4,672nd in the world for Best Weather, with 82 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and