Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Allied States of King Zhaoxiang of Qin is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, renowned for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 10.089 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zichu. The average income tax rate is 80%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, and Gray Owls are considered a delicacy. Crime is totally unknown. King Zhaoxiang of Qin's national animal is the Gray Owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Berkshire.

King Zhaoxiang of Qin is ranked 401st in Lazarus and 7,544th 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