Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The True Lies of Domicia Rex is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Cloe Sito with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.557 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elhapolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

There's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors, the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics, and the Domicia Rex Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Domicia Rex's national animal is the cygnet, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is universally hailed as the Truth, and its currency is the jova.

Domicia Rex is ranked 126th in The East Pacific and 5,572nd 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