Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The National Wonder of Alex-zander is a massive, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.321 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 Social Welfare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zander-Ville. The average income tax rate is 88%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Bicycle parking sheds sprout like mushrooms near rail stations after cars are banned, long arduous trials are held for the most trivial of offences, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alex-zander's national animal is the Lynx, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the rupee.

Alex-zander is ranked 1,968th in 10000 Islands and 96,693rd in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -5 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and