Location: A Modern World

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Imperial Principality of Jatriqya and Hoya is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Gapoolo Jackbsoldi with a fair hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.101 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jatriqya and Hoya City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Trout Farming.

Eight year-olds can be seen lighting up in public areas, Jatriqya and Hoya has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, and notable individuals are granted land and titles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jatriqya and Hoya's national animal is the badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Catholicism and Islam, and its currency is the hoyan.

Jatriqya and Hoya is ranked 22nd in A Modern World and 81,760th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and