Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Karmenizstan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 3.384 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Equality and Social Welfare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City of Fawks. The average income tax rate is 75%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, a vast monorail network carries people all over the country, politicians constantly ring their voters to remind them how good a job they're doing, and mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Karmenizstan's national animal is the Lemur, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Highlanders.

Karmenizstan is ranked 3,934th in the West Pacific and 91,325th 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