Location: North America

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Alief Texas is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Snoopy with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.753 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Commerce, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Houston. The average income tax rate is 60%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing, Tourism, and Information Technology industries.

Thousands of former welfare recipients are in a revolutionary uproar as the rest of society is enjoying a hefty tax break, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, and the fire protection service is wholly government-funded. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alief Texas's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the dollar.

Alief Texas is ranked 15th in North America and 10,521st in the world for Most Influential, scoring 38 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and