Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Most Serene Republic of Aelescia is a huge, genial nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 690 million are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Commerce and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aelescia City. The average income tax rate is 57%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Cheese Exports.

Prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, and the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aelescia's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Ael.

Aelescia is ranked 3,991st in the West Pacific and 92,671st in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and