Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Swiss Cheese Confederacy of Cowland5 is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Juliana Bergerson with a fair hand, and renowned for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 8.494 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cowtopolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Book Publishing and Tourism.

Punitive tariffs protect local industry, all recreational drugs are legal, Max Barry is this year's Miss Cowland5, and nude art is becoming wildly popular. Crime is totally unknown. Cowland5's national animal is the cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the cowmark.

Cowland5 is ranked 132nd in Canada and 92,099th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and