Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Union of Apit is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Gemini with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.003 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Education and Public Transport are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SMK Tun Sardon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, Kambing is one of the most popular forenames in Apit, internet service is too costly for normal people to purchase, and thousands of former welfare recipients are in a revolutionary uproar as the rest of society is enjoying a hefty tax break. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Apit's national animal is the kambing, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the jambbit.

Apit is ranked 31st in Europe and 2,728th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and