Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederacy of Choitoji is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.371 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Choitoji City. The average income tax rate is 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game, bombs are permitted on planes for the 'security of the passengers', travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, and even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Choitoji's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Gwiyeoun.

Choitoji is ranked 4,015th in the South Pacific and 81,000th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and