Location: Greece

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Fiefdom of Datis is a colossal, socially progressive nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 6.46 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 devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Commerce and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Information Technology and Automobile Manufacturing.

Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Datis's national animal is the trygaeus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the peace.

Datis is ranked 18th in Greece and 23,384th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 3 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and