Location: Portugal

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Fajbata is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Diogh MaFi with an even hand, and notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.922 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Santori. The average income tax rate is 82%, and even higher for the wealthy. A tiny private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fajbata's national animal is the Owl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Euro.

Fajbata is ranked 57th in Portugal and 42,282nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and