Location: Europeia

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

The Rap Battle Champion of Delegate Vinage is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Europeia's Will with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.818 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although the Environment and Law & Order are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Super-Endorsement City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57%. 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.

Bizarre-looking creatures called 'Domestic Catdogs' dominate wildlife preserves, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, and recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Delegate Vinage's national animal is the Domestic Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Endorsement.

Delegate Vinage is ranked 785th in Europeia and 80,870th in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 10 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and