Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Great Heroist Apollo Nation of Heroism is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 1.648 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.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Public Transport, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 39%, 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 Uranium Mining.

The government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Heroism City Times is sold out, and parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Heroism's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Ability.

Heroism is ranked 2,118th in Lazarus and 63,869th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 2 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and