Location: Ireland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Functional sociopath of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Autarch Baen with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 2.814 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Education and Social Welfare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dun Laoghaire. The average income tax rate is 73%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology industries.

The government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, and the government is avowedly atheist. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Blood of the innocent.

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown is ranked 5th in Ireland and 9,079th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and