Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Furry Felines is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 20.096 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 concentrates mainly on Social Welfare, although the Environment and Defence are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 90%. 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.

A primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, sex offenders find themselves 'cut off' from any ability to repeat their crimes, hunters have been known to lose limbs while attempting to 'play tag' with their prey, and citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Furry Felines's national animal is the Lion King, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Rodent Rupee.

Furry Felines is ranked 162nd in Texas and 99,080th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and