Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Armed Republic of Arnatious is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Aero with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.742 billion enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arnatious City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21%. A large private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, the nation leads Texas in per capita stalking, Barn Owls are frequently shot for looking at people 'in a funny way', and dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arnatious's national animal is the Barn Owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Arcus.

Arnatious is ranked 75th in Texas and 68,222nd in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 17 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and