Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of Bunish is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Über Bunnatee with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 13.237 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 the Environment, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Villain City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Same-sex marriages are increasingly common, much of Bunish's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, and popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security". Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bunish's national animal is the politician, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is love thy brother, and its currency is the ze Dolla.

Bunish is ranked 3,544th in Lazarus and 99,723rd in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -8 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and