Location: Urbanites

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Colony of Crinan Canal is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed population of 5.7 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Religion & Spirituality and Commerce are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 29%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Soda Sales industry, followed by Book Publishing and Woodchip Exports.

Citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, voting is compulsory, and political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations. Crime is moderate. Crinan Canal's national animal is the water vole, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the inzil.

Crinan Canal is ranked 10th in Urbanites and 88,647th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 8 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and