Location: Banuhal

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dominion of J E Marlowe is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.402 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal individuals juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5%. A robust private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology industries.

Voting is voluntary, nudity is frowned upon, gambling is outlawed, and the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars. Crime is pervasive, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. J E Marlowe's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the dollar.

J E Marlowe is ranked 64th in Banuhal and 7,720th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 33 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and