Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Chongov is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chin Ryo-ei with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 4.222 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 Education, Social Welfare, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Teingrad. The average income tax rate is 70%, and even higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Invading armies are given hard glares for their cheek, frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, all judiciary cases are decided in the court of public opinion, and the study of medicine is popular throughout Chongov. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chongov's national animal is the pikachu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the chongov yen.

Chongov is ranked 806th in the South Pacific and 22,229th 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