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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Independent Republic of Kirenistarin is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Ronald McDuffin with a fair hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.975 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although Defence and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of White Tiger International. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81%. A robust private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, followed by Woodchip Exports and Information Technology.

Kirenistarin's leader goes out to lunch surrounded by large men in dark glasses, the people elect the Supreme Court justices directly, murder victims' families receive windfall payouts when the murderers are executed, and teenagers stay out into the wee hours of the morning "stargazing". Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kirenistarin's national animal is the white tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Eere.

Kirenistarin is ranked 43rd in And A Great Big Bushy Beard and 89,984th 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