Location: Greece

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Fiefdom of Datis is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.085 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

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. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68%. 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 32nd in Greece and 79,959th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -2 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and