Location: Nova

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederacy of Alaje is a massive, devout nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate population of 1.322 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ketjene. The average income tax rate is 58%, and even higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Pizza Delivery and Soda Sales.

Coco the Clown has been elected to the nation's parliament, teachers regularly paddle unruly students, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alaje's national animal is the Alajean Comorant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Lutjare.

Alaje is ranked 14th in Nova and 57,249th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 0 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and