Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic-like thingy of Flying High Again is a massive, devout nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate population of 3.249 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although Defence and Education are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 71%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

All industry is owned and run by the government, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, and cars are banned. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Flying High Again's national animal is the guitar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the ozzy.

Flying High Again is ranked 2,123rd in Balder and 84,305th 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