Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The The Socialist Paradise of Htet is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor Gordon with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.658 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Petersburg. The average income tax rate is 46%, but much higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

High-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, surveillance cameras are banned, meat-eating is frowned upon, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Htet's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Dollar.

Htet is ranked 967th in Lazarus and 23,430th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and