Location: Asia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federation of Equatorial Asia is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 11.801 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Social Welfare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krung Thep. The average income tax rate is 78%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

There have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter, and government officials are held to the highest standard of morality. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Equatorial Asia's national animal is the Polychromatic Coral, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Durian.

Equatorial Asia is ranked 74th in Asia and 96,182nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and