Location: Uroca

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Cagontia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.964 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.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 37%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture.

Nudity is frowned upon, voting is compulsory, and genetic researchers have been expelled. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cagontia's national animal is the jackal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the cagontian dollar.

Cagontia is ranked 5th in Uroca and 55,632nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 0 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and