Location: Equinox

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Socialist State of Atticka is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by the people with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 10.622 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atticka City. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

Citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, bizarre-looking creatures called 'snapping turtledogs' dominate wildlife preserves, citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons, and students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak. Crime is totally unknown. Atticka's national animal is the snapping turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the blumpkin.

Atticka is ranked 1st in Equinox and 55th in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,007 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and