Location: Nasicournia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Protectorate of Great Strasbourg is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 17.766 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on the Environment, although Education and Social Welfare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 47%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Book Publishing.

High-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, surveillance cameras are banned, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and shanty towns are forming in the suburbs of major cities. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low. Great Strasbourg's national animal is the pidgeon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the love.

Great Strasbourg is ranked 14th in Nasicournia and 23,407th 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