Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of -Sauna- is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by The Most Loved Sauna Heater with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.022 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of -Sauna- City. The average income tax rate is 78%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

The "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The -Sauna- City Times is sold out, unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, and religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Sauna-'s national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Sauna coin.

-Sauna- is ranked 3,550th in the West Pacific and 79,619th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -2 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and