Location: Wysteria

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of Equus is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 19.791 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 concentrates mainly on Education, although the Environment and Social Welfare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chevallia. The average income tax rate is 29%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

People faint regularly as they get stuck with compulsory vaccinations, the number of students attending university has reached a record high, CDs are regularly copy-protected, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Equus's national animal is the fiery Equuan dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the taon.

Equus is ranked 15th in Wysteria and 1,492nd in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 74 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and