Location: Tetrakon

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Pure Democracy of Jarridia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Michelle Thoreson with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 15.645 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shelbin. The average income tax rate is 50%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, the new 'Things We Stole From Other Countries' exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities is a hit, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Shelbin Times is sold out, and politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jarridia's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Mau.

Jarridia is ranked 4th in Tetrakon and 1,533rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 10 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and