Location: SideWalk Zone

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Colony of Jevistan is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Jay Myers with an even hand, and remarkable for its restrictive gun laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.265 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Commerce, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jevistani Center. The average income tax rate is 97%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Woodchip Exports and Book Publishing.

Nudity is frowned upon, a punitive tax has been placed on harmful emissions, most of the military's funding goes into researching space-age weaponry, and a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jevistan's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the Platinum Dollar.

Jevistan is ranked 7th in SideWalk Zone and 2,556th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 15 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and