Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Irish Libertarian Paradise of Cill Charthaigh is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Packie O'Reary with a fair hand, and notable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.718 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business individuals devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Social Welfare and Law & Order receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Donegal. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Soda Sales, Book Publishing, and Tourism industries.

Euthanasia is legal, the capital of Cill Charthaigh has burned to the ground and caused riots throughout the country, marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, and urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Cill Charthaigh's national animal is the Irish Setter, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is The Church of Bill and Ted, and its currency is the Eire.

Cill Charthaigh is ranked 135th in Texas and 89,028th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and