Location: the Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Land of Jerikho is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Archon with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 796 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although the Environment and Healthcare are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 71%, and even higher for the wealthy. A very small private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, guns are banned, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, and the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jerikho's national animal is the Kitteh, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Talent.

Jerikho is ranked 3,894th in the Pacific and 92,728th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and