Location: Warzone Australia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Estoric is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 690 million love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fnord. The average income tax rate is 72%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Trout Farming and Information Technology.

A determined opposition debates the relative benefits of Arial and Times New Roman for days on end, the tenet of free speech is held dear, the people of Estoric are renowned for their nihilistic attitudes, and anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper. Crime is totally unknown. Estoric's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the GP.

Estoric is ranked 5th in Warzone Australia and 25,982nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and