Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Armed Republic of Bishshop is a huge, devout nation, ruled by Lieutenant General Mark Royale Larkson with an even hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 814 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 Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Larkson. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Book Publishing and Automobile Manufacturing.

Protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, poets and writers are regularly rounded up and shot for entertainment, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bishshop's national animal is the Cheetah, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Cent.

Bishshop is ranked 1,257th in 10000 Islands and 72,861st in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and