Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Deathocracy of Industrial dominion is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by great shining poop with a fair hand, and renowned for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 1.518 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Equality. The average income tax rate is 93%, and even higher for the wealthy. 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.

Industrial dominion is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, the government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and Industrial dominion's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Industrial dominion's national animal is the sunshine acid, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the wildcat.

Industrial dominion is ranked 3,455th in Lazarus and 98,493rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and