Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Buschgardensburg is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by a President with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 8.48 billion enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Pizza Delivery and Uranium Mining.

The nation's WA representatives have received a very public sacking after Buschgardensburg allowed its WA membership to lapse, rag-wearing teachers are often mistaken for homeless people, citizens are permitted to carry concealed handguns, and army rations are served on silver platters. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Buschgardensburg's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the newt.

Buschgardensburg is ranked 5,072nd in The North Pacific and 121,507th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 32 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and