Location: Treasure Trove Cove

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Socialist Pirates of BootlegBay is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by The Buccaneer Brotherhood with an even hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 3.58 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jolly Roger Cove. The average income tax rate is 89%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.

BootlegBay's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, and corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BootlegBay's national animal is the Scurvy Dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Doubloon.

BootlegBay is ranked 1st in Treasure Trove Cove and 11,926th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 9 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and