Location: Social Liberal Union

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federal Republic of Cemaes is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by President Colius with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.361 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

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 Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Loveston. The average income tax rate is 92%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Automobile Manufacturing.

The government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, racial supremacists indulge their wildest fantasies in cinemas and theatres across the nation, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Cemaes's radio stations, and the government is spending billions of taxpayer Shires to support the Tourism industry. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cemaes's national animal is the Puffin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Shire.

Cemaes is ranked 266th in Social Liberal Union and 94,903rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and