Location: Osiris

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Republic of Bhakunis is a huge, safe nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 782 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Uttranchal. The average income tax rate is 43%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, euthanasia is illegal, and the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bhakunis's national animal is the jackal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the ruppess.

Bhakunis is ranked 2,236th in Osiris and 84,133rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and