Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Island of Cyrenean is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 15.967 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although the Environment and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cyreneai. The average income tax rate is 96%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, police officers are seen patrolling the streets armed with satellite-guided truncheons, and the government is giving peace a chance. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cyrenean's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the beah.

Cyrenean is ranked 2,103rd in 10000 Islands and 101,607th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -26 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and