Location: Greater Prussia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Republic of Kahanistan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by the President with a fair hand, and notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 15.068 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- is mainly concerned with Education, although Healthcare and Defence are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Masada. The average income tax rate is 16%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Information Technology.

Island residents must resort to canoes and sailboats to get to work, Kahanistan has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and procrastination is a national sport. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Kahanistan's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is secularism, and its currency is the shekel.

Kahanistan is ranked 11th in Greater Prussia and 17,986th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 23 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and