Location: Absolution

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Battle of Tel Hai of Jamaalea is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Josef Trumpeldor with a fair hand, and notable for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.185 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Commerce and Social Equality are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Israel. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Piracy is the nation's most popular pastime, people unhook their phones at night to escape a never-ending tirade of phone calls, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. Jamaalea's national animal is the Cheesecake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Matzo Ball.

Jamaalea is ranked 565th in Absolution and 84,783rd in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -38 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and