Location: Maredoratica

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Most Serene Noble Republic of Santheres is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by its government with a fair hand, and renowned for its happy-go-lucky citizens. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 14.796 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Gianpiero. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Soda Sales.

An increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, students abandon classrooms for online education, tourists outnumber citizens two to one, and marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Santheres's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Catholicism, and its currency is the lira.

Santheres is ranked 4th in Maredoratica and 4,555th in the world for Best Weather, with 83 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and