Location: The Middle East

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Middle Easterner of Al Hasan is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.278 billion are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Defence, although Social Equality and Education are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Middle East. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration industries.

Al Hasan has designated The Middle East as its capital city, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and the government has undertaken a massive education and health program to combat VODAIS. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Al Hasan's national animal is the Camel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is all religions, and its currency is the dinar.

Al Hasan is ranked 5th in The Middle East and 32,237th 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