Location: Portugal

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Enlightened Republic of Bad Omen is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Coco Jambo with a fair hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 14.268 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Azweiz. The average income tax rate is 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Azweiz Times is sold out, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Bad Omen to be bombproof, cars speed down national highways while drivers sleep at the wheel, and space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Bad Omen's national animal is the Snow Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the escudo.

Bad Omen is ranked 106th in Portugal and 100,442nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and