Location: Michigan

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Etienne Brule is a colossal, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.352 billion are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12%. A robust private sector is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Retail, and Furniture Restoration industries.

Voting is voluntary, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Etienne Brule's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the dollar.

Etienne Brule is ranked 2nd in Michigan and 16,290th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and