Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Thai Protectorate of Gunung Aeras is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lucida Thale with a fair hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.804 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Commerce, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Emina Kota Besar. The average income tax rate is 70%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology industries.

The military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, and the only places to see red river hogs now are at local zoos. Crime is totally unknown. Gunung Aeras's national animal is the red river hog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Aerasian Baht.

Gunung Aeras is ranked 158th in 10000 Islands and 7,683rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and