Location: Realm of Unrestricted Science

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Time sink of A thousand setting suns is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.484 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 devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Law & Order receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dwemeria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Woodchip Exports and Book Publishing.

'unconventional' weaponry has been banned, Procrastination Monster is one of the most popular forenames in A thousand setting suns, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, and suburban families are finding themselves increasingly short on food as they waste precious water on their lawns. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. A thousand setting suns's national animal is the Procrastination Monster, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the IB Diploma.

A thousand setting suns is ranked 62nd in Realm of Unrestricted Science and 105,449th in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -2 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and