Location: Magellan Galaxy Mk7

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederacy of Xessmithia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 15.925 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.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 60%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing.

The nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics, the breathalyser pledge is a traditional part of marriages in Xessmithia, businessmen have been raging over recent 'gender equality' policies in the workplace, and the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xessmithia's national animal is the ring tailed lemur, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Credit.

Xessmithia is ranked 1st in Magellan Galaxy Mk7 and 15,778th in the world for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 5 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and