Location: Madeira

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Das ilhas is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 10.467 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The small government juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14%. A large private sector is dominated by the Retail industry.

Surveillance cameras are banned, all tariffs have been abolished, the government is avowedly atheist, and the tenet of free speech is held dear. Crime is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Das ilhas's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the dollar.

Das ilhas is ranked 1st in Madeira and 23,609th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and