Location: Australia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Aristocracy of Caiomhin is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its happy-go-lucky citizens. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 16.353 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jameston. The average income tax rate is 27%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Skateparks can be found in every city, internet service is too costly for normal people to purchase, fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, and refugees from other nations are flocking to Caiomhin's border. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caiomhin's national animal is the Wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Aurum.

Caiomhin is ranked 4th in Australia and 2,699th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and