Location: Eastern Islands of Dharma

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Zombie Village of Johz is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The Tough Olive with an even hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate population of 4.504 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, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Social Equality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Church of Saint Olive. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Max Barry is this year's Miss Johz, all-natural foods are becoming a major fad, Johz's Medieval Faire is renowned as one of the best in the region, and flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Johz's national animal is the Meep, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is C of T Christianity, and its currency is the Johzian Coin.

Johz is ranked 37th in Eastern Islands of Dharma and 60,399th in the world for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 0 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and