Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Partybus is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 9.968 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Partybus City. The average income tax rate is 11%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Gambling.

Children are raised bilingual from an early age, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, graffiti graces every city's streets, and the police have been swamped with requests to stay up past bedtime. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Partybus's national animal is the Fruit Bat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the bud.

Partybus is ranked 3,537th in Lazarus and 98,548th in the world for Happiest Citizens, scoring 7 on the Relative Cheerfulness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and