Location: Eastern Islands of Dharma

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Ayton is a huge, economically powerful nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 708 million enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass -- concentrates mainly on Social Welfare, although Healthcare and Education are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 37%, but much higher for the wealthy. A large private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

Scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Ayton wolfhound, untold millions of Sterling Bullions are going into a new government-funded maternity leave scheme, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, and Max Barry is this year's Miss Ayton. Crime is totally unknown. Ayton's national animal is the Ayton wolfhound, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Sterling Bullion.

Ayton is ranked 26th in Eastern Islands of Dharma and 44,869th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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