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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Alcornia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Maximum Leader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 15.808 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although the Environment and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alcornius. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Same-sex marriages are increasingly common, citizens select which government department gets their income tax thalers each year, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and major internet servers have acquired citizenship and are voting in national elections. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alcornia's national animal is the panda, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the thaler.

Alcornia is ranked 1st in 000 and 348th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 16 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and