Location: Japan

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Type-R Nation of Dian is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Shiro Tokisada Amakusa with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 21.601 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Law & Order and Education are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hara Castle. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, it is now illegal for teens to view any sites except Club Kitten and My Little Donkey, and government officials across Dian are being "encouraged" to adopt Clouded Leopards to set an example for the populace. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dian's national animal is the Clouded Leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the pai.

Dian is ranked 43rd in Japan and 93,560th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 12 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and