Location: Daistallia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederated Cantons of Daistallia 2104 is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Osaka Dave with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 17.52 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ti City. The average income tax rate is 3%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Gambling and Arms Manufacturing.

Major internet servers have acquired citizenship and are voting in national elections, the fire protection service is wholly government-funded, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Daistallia 2104's national animal is the trout, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Buddhism, and its currency is the Daistallian Gold Coin.

Daistallia 2104 is ranked 2nd in Daistallia and 10,335th in the world for Most Politically Free, scoring 79 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and