Location: The East Pacific

Overview • Factbook • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Allied States of De Quay is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The chair of The Elect Of Nine with an even hand, and renowned for its restrictive gun laws. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.628 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ferndale. The average income tax rate is 84%, and even 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.

The government has been kicking out foreign corporations in a bid to grow enough food for the populace, CEOs and corporate executives are frequently found striking for better stock options, Naked pygmy mole rat is one of the most popular forenames in De Quay, 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. De Quay's national animal is the naked pygmy mole rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Reformed Violetism, and its currency is the quid.

De Quay is ranked 163rd in The East Pacific and 7,683rd in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 24 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and