Location: The War Administration Region

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Xon Precept of Izsha is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Queen Azshara with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.579 billion are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Commerce, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alduin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining industries.

Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, 'removal of the heart' is the most common cause of death, citizens have reported seeing strange rays of light emanating from the moon, and city rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of experimental delivery drones. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. Izsha's national animal is the Brontolith, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Followers of Skorm, and its currency is the Mineral.

Izsha is ranked 1st in The War Administration Region and 2,530th 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