Location: YBAST

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Fansubbing Empire of Dattebayo is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lisa with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 13.63 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of AH-Naruto. The average income tax rate is 20%, but much higher for the wealthy. 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.

Schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, calling out of the blue has become taboo, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want. Crime is relatively low. Dattebayo's national animal is the racoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the ryou.

Dattebayo is ranked 1st in YBAST and 2,770th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 74 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and