Location: The Kingdom of Scotland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of DG5 is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Rufus with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.706 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.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Public Transport, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of DG5 City. The average income tax rate is 26%, but much higher for the wealthy. A large private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Furniture Restoration and Information Technology.

Rufus has just been declared ruler of DG5 in an international press conference, the nation is completely gun-free, jails have become colloquially known as 'vampire houses', and murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. DG5's national animal is the owl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Uni.

DG5 is ranked 1st in The Kingdom of Scotland and 11,018th in the world for Most Pacifist, scoring 112 on the Lennon-Springsteen Scale.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and