Location: Folsom

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Folsomite of Chicheleg is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 8.245 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 83%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology.

Chicheleg has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, and the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chicheleg's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the chi.

Chicheleg is ranked 1st in Folsom and 13,471st in the world for Best Weather, with 28 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and