Location: Elite Conservative Circuit

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Illusion of Bongara is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Cheo with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 12.073 billion 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, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Enclave of the Bear. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Beef-Based Agriculture and Woodchip Exports.

Police officers have been re-kitted with designer uniforms and gold plated handcuffs, surfers ride tsunamis of record height and toxicity, the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, and teenagers stay out into the wee hours of the morning "stargazing". Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bongara's national animal is the porcupine, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Ministry of Djibouti, and its currency is the myr.

Bongara is ranked 2nd in Elite Conservative Circuit and 7,526th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and