Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Allied States of De Quay is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The chair of The Elect Of Nine with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 3.436 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, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ferndale. The average income tax rate is 74%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, meat is a luxury afforded only to the wealthy, all artwork is carefully screened for offensive material, and gambling is outlawed. 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 teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Reformed Violetism, and its currency is the quid.

De Quay is ranked 4,040th in The East Pacific and 92,911th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and