Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Socialist Republic of Invictus is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.249 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Civitas. The average income tax rate is 70%, 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.

The government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, the nation's youth is held blameless for all crimes, and recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable. Crime is relatively low. Invictus's national animal is the liondog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the equita.

Invictus is ranked 2,042nd in 10000 Islands and 99,132nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and