Location: Conservative Paradise

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Ultranationalist Republic of Austintatious is a massive, economically powerful nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.851 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rapture. The average income tax rate is 36%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Uranium Mining industries.

The nation refuses to provide international aid, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, the government covers the basic health care of its citizens, and motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Austintatious's national animal is the Coca-Cola, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Ultranationalism, and its currency is the Lucky Strike.

Austintatious is ranked 3rd in Conservative Paradise and 2,201st in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 8 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and