Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Great United People of Jonre is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by didik jonre with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service. Its hard-nosed population of 6.371 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 concentrates mainly on Defence, although Law & Order and Education are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of tulungagung. The average income tax rate is 98%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

A primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, the number of students attending university has reached a record high, condemned prisoners spend hours a day sitting in lotus position looking perplexed, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jonre's national animal is the kucing garong, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Kejawen, and its currency is the Uang kepeng.

Jonre is ranked 1,911th in 10000 Islands and 95,310th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and